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leaving little doubt that disease was the cause of the variation in 

 marking. On July 27th, while removing dead pupfe from a box I 

 accidentally cracked one and found it contained a living moth. I then 

 removed the pupa case entirely and the moth, a large ? , after sitting 

 still for some hours, developed its wings in the normal manner. 



On July 22nd I put several specimens in a large box with a muslin 

 cover, to obtain a pairing. In the morning two were paired, so I 

 removed them to another box. They remained united till 8 a.m. on 

 July 30th, when I •' killed" them and sent them to the Eev. C. R. N. 

 Burrows for examination. They reached him alive, but still united, 

 and having been " killed " by him a second time, were still united 

 when I last heard of them. 



On July 15th I watched Euproctis similis emerge. The effort 

 required to escape from the pupa and cocoon was very great. Escape 

 was achieved by a series of revolving movements of the abdomen, the 

 legs not assisting in any way.. The process occupied some twenty 

 minutes, and the insect then crawled to a suitable position, vfhere it 

 rested for some time before development begun. Development was 

 not rapid but progressed evenly. This insect, and Arctia caia, which 

 develops its wings very slowly indeed, formed a remarkable contrast to 

 Aglais urticae, which has usually completed the process within two or 

 three minutes of emergence. — Harold Williams. 



Notes on Lepidoptera in 1918. — After collecting the Macro-, 

 lepidoptera in Chiswick for over forty years, it was somewhat surprising 

 to be able to add three species, new to the local list, this last summer. 

 On July 28th I found a larva of Notodonta dromedarias on a birch in 

 the garden, and my brother took another a few days later. One of 

 these was bred a month later. Early in August, a larva of Acronicta 

 leporina occurred on birch, and my brother took larvse, also on birch, 

 of Drepana lacertinarla and D. falcataria, the first being new, but the 

 second is certainly an old inhabitant of Chiswick, as I took it in 1878. 

 Hitherto, I have not connected Pyrausta aurata with suburban kitchen 

 gardens, but on July 23rd I saw four or five flying over thyme and 

 marjoram flowers in the hot sun, and some days afterwards, 1 saw 

 another on a large ox-eye daisy in the flower garden. From three 

 larvae taken off hop, three imagines of Hiffena rostralis were bred, and 

 all were ab. varie(jata, Tutt. On August lOtb, when strolling along 

 some allotment gardens, I watched a ? Pieris napi ovipositing on some 

 plants of Lepidium saUruiii (Cress) which had been allowed to run to 

 seed. On the 13th, I noticed some Lanpeyresia (Semasia) iantlnnana 

 flying over hawthorn bushes, and was fortunate to see a 2 ovipositing 

 on the red haws. She laid one egg on the upper part of the berry, 

 just under the calyx, and a second at the base of another berry, near 

 the stalk. The eggs were thus simply attached to the outside of the 

 haw. Crossing the river one morning to Barnes, I found Hedya 

 aceriana abundant and in fine condition, several were drying their 

 wings after emergence, on the trunks of black poplars. One H. 

 7iei]lectana, and one Encosma [Antithesia] salicella were also obtained. 

 The last hunt of the year occurred on Wimbledon Common, September 

 3rd. A few Epiblema (Paeduca) solandriana were found at rest on 

 birch and buckthorn, and a nice Fandemis {Tortrix) conjlana was taken 

 on the wing. On a heathy spot, Euxanthis [Eupoecilia) anyustana was 

 flying freely, but most of them were worn. 



