188 fJuiy. 



DasypoUa tempJl occurs throughout the winter, aud comes to 

 light on warm nights ; when its eggs arc laid is unknown to me. 



PhJogojyhora meiiculosa does not hibernate, it may be occasionally 

 caught in almost any month ; in this insect, and in Plusia (jamma also, 

 broods seem perpetually recurring, varying with the temperature, and 

 the amount o£ possible food procurable by the larvae. 



Gonoptera lihatrix retires early to its winter quarters, and becomes 

 completely torpid ; it may frequently be found in houses, cupboards, 

 tunnels, or under bridges ; it is active again in late spring, and its 

 eggs are then laid, but when impregnation takes place is unknown to 

 me. Many years ago I used often to visit a small cavern in winter, 

 where Vanessa urticce, Vanessa Jo, Oonopfera libatrix, and Alucita 

 hexadactyla were always to be found, and generally also Rhinolophus 

 ferrum equinum. 



Hypena rostrajis becomes torpid very soon after its escape from 

 the pupa, indeed, some that were reared by me seemed inclined to 

 hibernate immediately ; it reappears in the spring, and may be caught 

 as late as June. 



Amongst the Geometers, Campytoyramma jiuviata may be caught 

 at light throughout a mild winter, it seems rather to live through the 

 cold weather than to hibernate. The late Mr. Hellins once kindly 

 sent me a batch of eggs laid in November, but as these proved not to 

 be fertile, they give us little information. 



Tripliosa dubitata undoubtedly hibernates, and retires into out- 

 houses, hay lofts, &c. ; it flies actively in the spring, and may be caught 

 about sallow blossoms. As recorded by me in the Ent. Mo. Mag., an 

 injured female laid a batch of eggs in the autumn, but these either 

 dried up during the winter, or were unfertilized. 



Cidaria psittacata probably sleeps through the cold weather, but 

 the only positive proof which T can give is beating it from thatch 

 very late in the year. C. miata certainly truly hibernates ; I have 

 found it torpid in an outhouse, and have frequently caught the female 

 in the spring. 



Eromene oceUea is the only one of the Cramhidce which lives 

 through the winter. 



AmbJyptilus cosviodaciylus and A. acanthodactylus both hibernate, 

 so does also Pterop>horus monodactylus and, of course, Alucita hexa- 

 dactyla This last little moth, in spite of its delicately feathered 

 wings, enjoys a very lung life in the perfect state, and may be met 

 with from August to May, if not even longer. 



