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hurried descent home, and somehow missed our path, coming back to 
K6nigswinter by quite a different route. On our way, we caught our 
first Glyphipteryx Bergstraessella, it was beaten out of a beech, close 
by a little arbour in the road, and was mistaken by me at a superficial 
glance for a Semasia ; a little further on, there was a boulder by the 
side of our path, and on this were a few plants of Asplenium septentrio- 
nale, in’ gathering these we found Pachetra leucophea asleep, the only 
Noctua except Euclidia glyphica taken by us in the district. Our path 
led us to the summit of the vine-clad hill which overlooks Konigswinter, 
and just as we came to the cross opposite the cemetery, a beautiful 
Eupecilia ambiquella was captured, but unfortunately crushed in the 
process of boxing. Soon after we came to our resting place the rain 
began, and it poured down steadily all night, and during almost the 
whole of the next day, without intermission. 
On the 12th, however, under the shelter of a vast umbrella, we 
went out to see how a large Vanessa larva which we had noted as hung 
up by the tail to a garden wall was getting on, we secured him just as 
he had changed, and another pupa near. This last produced Vanessa 
polychloros since our return home; under the wall we found many 
cocoons of, as we thought, Cerostoma cxylostella, some of these were 
taken, and two of C. persicella appeared from them subsequently, the 
others being ichneumoned. 
The 13th was a cloudless day, the sun shining most brightly, and 
the heat intense, enough indeed, to make us feel more than lazy; it 
quite changed the aspect of the woods, there was no beating required 
to dislodge the insects, the air was teeming with life, the beetles were 
chiefly Longicorns, the smaller chafers and Chrysomelide : amongst the 
Longicorns was a very pretty Clytus, black, saving a white longitudinal 
spot near the base of each elytron, almost surrounded by a curved white 
line ; rather below the middle of the elytra was another transverse 
white line broader towards the centre, and the apex was also white. 
Amongst the flies was a large Hmpis? with the basal half of the wing 
deep black; Syrphide were scarce, but there were some handsome 
Ctenophori in the wood: Tenthredinide and the smaller Hemiptera 
were abundant. 
We went up our usual path, and when we came to the first 
wood, an Arctia villica made us leave our route and diverge through 
