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T. corylana. — West Wickham, Blackheath ; August. T. unifasciana, 

 — Everywhere. T. costana. — Bred a very fine and variable series 

 from larvaB taken on Greenwich marshes, on thistles and other 

 low plants during May. T. semialbana.— Taken the first week in 

 July by beating maple on the road to Daren th Wood. This- 

 species is not common ; four is the most that I have taken in 

 one day ; when disturbed it drops low amongst the herbage. T.. 

 icterana. — Railway-banks; Brockley, East Greenwich. T. dridana. 

 — Everywhere, on oak-trees. T. ministr ana. —Kidihxook, Shooter's- 

 Hill. T. forsterana. — Kidbrook ; on hawthorn. T. branderiana. — . 

 Larvffi taken in May on aspen in Abbey Wood and at Dartford. Dichelia 

 grotlana. — Kidbrook, Blackheath, Lee. Leptogranima literana. — 

 Shooter's Hill, on oak-trunks ; Blackheath, on fences ; April and 

 October. L. scahrana and L. boscana. — The former in September and 

 October, the latter in July, on elm ; Plumstead. My first discovery 

 of L. scabrana was in October, 1872, in an elm hedge, about 50 ft. 

 long, in Cage Lane, Plumstead, when it was taken quite unexpectedly. 

 Touching the hedge with a stick, it started out in great numbers, 

 settling on the ground around me. It was very sluggish, and I was 

 able to box the specimens with the greatest ease, putting two or three 

 in an ordinary pill-box, where they remained a day and night without 

 injury. L. boscana was found the first week in July, 1874. This 

 species is just the reverse in its habits. It is very active and easily 

 damaged. In 1875 I bred a fine series from larvae collected in June. 

 The same year I bred L. scabrana from larvse taken at the end of 

 August, the larvae of both species being alike. The time between their 

 appearance, being suited to double- brooded insects, caused me to be 

 suspicious, and I was determined to breed it from the egg. I tried L. 

 scabrana first, collecting a quantity of J s, and kept them alive on 

 elm-twigs until the following February, then they died off without 

 laying any eggs, then I tried L. boscana in 1876, but failed to get eggs. 

 In 1877, I experimented with L. boscana again, and this time with 

 success. The following is my note on the matter : " Having captured 

 $ s of L. boscana on July 15th, 1877, 1 placed them in a large- mouthed 

 pickle-bottle. I obtained eggs on the 17th of that month, laid on the 

 sides of the bottle in little green patches. On the 24th I noticed little 

 black specks in the eggs, the next day they hatched. Having placed 

 some elm in the bottle, and covered the mouth up with fine muslin, 

 I turned it bottom upwards and left it for a week. Upon examination, 

 I found the larvae had curled the edges of the leaves over and fed on 

 the surface as before. On August 20th they attained the size of -|-in., 

 and came out of their webs occasionally and fed on the edge of the 

 leaf. On the 28th they drew two leaves together for the last time, for 

 they were all in pupte by September 3rd. On the 29th the first imago 

 appeared, and was, as 1 expected, a true L. scabrana. I bred 17 in all. 

 The larvae are pale green, with a few hairs scattered on each segment ; 

 head, prothoracic plate, and true legs, black. I think the difference in 

 colour of the imagines is merely protective ; L. boscana is on the wing 

 during the first and second -week in July, while L. scabrana needs 

 piotection for seven months. I have found it at rest during the winter 

 with its wings wrapped round the twigs of the elm, which makes it 

 very difficult to see. Remarking on this discovery, Mr. J. Jenner 

 Weir made some remarks {Address to the West Kent Natural History 



