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sequent years even. Energetic beating is not necessary ; they fly 

 from their cover at the sUghtest rustle, and will flit along about 

 twenty yards, when they can be marked down, disturbed gently, and 

 captured. If you rush after them at first, you will startle and then 

 lose them, for they can fly both fast and furious. They are par- 

 ticularly fond of ivy, holly, evergreen oak, and any bushes over- 

 hanging a wall. The dusty road-sides will be sure to produce them ; 

 the sunny sides of the lanes are the best ; one I captured was at rest 

 on a wall. In eight days I had secured forty specimens, a number 

 far beyond my expectations. Another entomologist, Mr. Edwards, 

 of Worcester, also took forty, so that the insect certainly is by no 

 means rare, and is well holding its own in spite of being worked 

 year after year. In those I captured, 50 per cent, were of the red 

 typical form, about 25 per cent, of the yellow var. hitescens, and the 

 rest intermediate. In fact, the variation in colour showed an almost 

 complete gradation from bright rich red to intense yellow. My 

 specimens are, I believe, all females, and a few were not in the best 

 condition, but produced a number of ova, some of which I handed 

 to Mr. Montgomery, keeping a few for myself No doubt 1 was a 

 little late for the species, or I should have met with males. 



Lachnid.e (Bombycid^). 



Lasiocainpa qiiercus ; one female was taken at rest, and a few eggs 

 were obtained, but were infertile. 



Drepanulid^. 



Ci'/i'x glaiicata ; this snowy gem was common in the blackthorn 

 on the verge of the cliff, and readily fell to the ground at the stroke 

 of the beating stick. 



Bryophilid^. 



Bryophila perla ; only one worn specimen seen. 



J3. vmralis {g/andifef'o). — This species I should say occurs in 

 thousands in the neighbourhood, for no wall that I examined but 

 contained abundant traces of its ravages. But on not one other wall 

 than that pointed out in the photographs did I find even a single 

 specimen. This wall was about 100 yards long, and very high. 

 The south side was a garden wall, with, I believe, a large greenhouse 

 backing on to it. The north side was somewhat shaded and pro- 

 tected from all sun after about 6.30 a.m. Fortunately it was situated 

 some two minutes' walk from where I was lodging, so that soon after 

 five o'clock in the morning I was at work on it. Most of the imagines 

 were difficult to see, only the dark green and the brightest yellow 

 forms were conspicuous. They were found from an inch above the 

 gutter to high above one's head, and it was necessary to search each 

 stone carefully from various points of view. One morning I be- 

 thought myself of looking for the pupae, and around one stone I 

 found several. This set me next morning to a thorough search, and 



