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seem apt to die off duiinfi' the winter ; possiWy 1 have, as a rule, kept 

 mine too dry. Zoimsmiut (lumilata occurs very sparingly, but X. jiuruto 

 1 have bred in considerable ntunbei-s from both lireen and putty-coloured 

 larvfe beaten off scrub-oak on I )anbin-y Common in September and 

 October ]Hi)H, when they were exceptionally abundant. This is Jiot 

 a clematis counti-y, but there are a few patches of the ])lant at Woodham 

 Walter, three miles away, off which 1 annually obtain a few larv* of 

 Ivilis rcnidiia. This year my score was eight plus a female imago of 

 I'hihdlajiti ri/x riudbata — new to this neighbourhood — which laid me a 

 small number of eggs. Kanjinenc ttulobraria is a scarce species with 

 us, and 181)9 so far has only produced one specimen, bred from a larva 

 beaten off oak last autunni. hhtpitlwiia a nomta is now emerging from 

 larvfp obtained on bladder-campion at J)anbury,and.Jc/'/«//</ truji'niinata 

 from ova obtained here last June. The only other Geometer of note 

 is Cidarla jn'rata of which fifteen magnificent specimems have lately 

 emerged, being the progeny of a female captured ffying along one of 

 my own hedges on a very sultry July evening last year. Lasiocampids 

 are represented by a larva of Mariot/it/haia ntbi, found wandering on a 

 road at Uanbury. This I put out on a patch of heather, covered with 

 muslin and it is now in the pupal state enveloped in a very long shaggy 

 cocoon. Of Fuccilocawpa popitli I have beaten two larvae from elm. 

 Xola ciicullatella, not generally common with us, has been fairly 

 common in the larval stage, and there are plenty of nests of Eno;/astcr 

 lanentriii on the hedges. Among the Noctuids I have done far better, 

 obtaining larvfe of C'liiiiatdpliora ridois and C. iMluta at Woodham 

 Walter, and three imagines of C. f>cii)ijesi)iia, quite new to this locality, 

 at sugar in my own garden — all three in grand condition. The same 

 poplars (on which C (irtoncniina occurs) produce larv* of Tethca Hubtiina 

 and Tacnincaiiijia populcti in small numbers. Hadena (/cuistae has been 

 far commoner than usual, my score being well over 20 this year. They 

 lay very freely in chip-boxes, and I rear the larvfe on broom which I 

 grow for the purpose. Of Diiderij(iia .scabriiiscula three specimens have 

 visited my sugar, and of Xi'aiia reticidata a most magnificent example 

 on the night of June 17th. Hulophila qacnana has been very scarce 

 in the larval state, a large amount of oak-beating at the end of May 

 producing three only, and not a single Fliorodcsma baiidaria, although 

 1 got three in 1898, two of which emerged into most beautiful 

 specimens. No one who has ever seen a bred baiularia can fail to 

 appreciate its beauty. Towards the end of May I got plenty of larva? 

 of Ftcrajdionis iialactddacii/liis oft' burdock in Hazeleigh Wood, and the 

 first imago emerged on June 17th. Very few plumes occur here, the 

 only other species of note being Afidistia bcnnctii, which is common in 

 the Maldon Saltings, as also is KiijidcviUa ircti.sana. Among the 

 smaller things, lliu-diid dnndxd is very abundant Hying round oaks 

 and hornbeams, I'hd.nipti'ii/.r iipniidiui occurs among scrub-oak, Ari/;/- 

 r<d(jd'(i ildbrixiiid and ( '/irasis tcsscrditd among wild-carrot and hawk- 

 weed respectively, whilst I'niijielid /lo.stiUs feeds on my own poplars. 

 Of the Gelechias 1 have taken those two very ])retty species (t. alci'lla 

 and (i. Incdh'lld. Tdlc/ndid j)seiid<di<>iidii/n'Ua are now (June 19th) fast 

 euK^rging. and my first Finiica rdbdiinililld came out yesterday (June 

 20th). Sugar is very fairly successful, Ajdi-cta adrcnu, and A'oh'jdiasia 

 lupativa, being the two latest arrivals ; Mamctitrd ancepiy is not uncom- 

 mon, the form occurring here being very pale, in fact, two nights ago, 



