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humerella was not scarce. Of Ooleophora gnaphalii I obtained to my 

 regret only a few specimens, and those generally bad, although their 

 development takes place very irregularly. Here were also some Gelechia 

 urnbrosella and beautiful specimens of Gelechia distinctella. I also saw 

 Pterophorus pilosellae for the first time this year. Fresh specimens of 

 Pterophorus pterodactylus also occurred. The small plants of Artemisia 

 were much injured by the larvae of Gelechia psilella, which was now 

 freely on the wing, but they all appear to recover afterwards. In the 

 open places where Thymus serpyllum grows very abundantly and quite 

 low I found only a few of Gelechia artemisiella, but more frequently 

 Acidalia decorataand Pempelia subornatella. Of Ocnerostoma piniariella 

 the white specimens of the second brood already occurred amongst the 

 firs, and I took a beautiful Crambus pinetellus. Silene chlorantha was 

 very full of bloom. On many plants the radical leaves showed traces 

 of Ooleophora otitce, which were, however, no longer there. Probably 

 three Goleophoras which were much worn, came from the same plant. 

 I take them for G. silenella. As at seven o'clock the wind abated, 

 there were plenty of insects to be caught ; amongst them were females 

 of Bupalus piniarius. Of the very beautiful Coccyx pinicolana, Dbd., I 

 obtained only one specimen. Batrachedra pinicolella, Gedestisfarinatella, 

 and Gysselinella, and Gelechia dodecella, were plentiful. Of Blasiobasis 

 phycidella, I only took a single bad specimen. Sciaphila Wahlbomiana 

 was abundant. Very annoying was the small white Goniopteryx, which 

 flew by hundreds from the fir needles, and by its numbers prevented 

 the observation of the Micro-Lepidoptera which flew out at the same 

 time. On a mossy place, I took one Butalis siccella. The larvae of 

 Clisiocampa castrensis occurred everywhere ; they were all full grown 

 and sat on the weeds ; most of them had probably spun up, and I found 

 one cocoon amongst the leaves of an Artemisia. "Where there was 

 much Bumex acetosella, good and bad specimens of Lythria purpuraria 

 were not scarce ; one $ had even the dark coloration of the spring 

 variety on the anterior wings. I found one full fed larva on the blossom 

 of the acetosella. 



About eight o'clock, when the best time for collecting had arrived, 

 it began to rain heavily, and as the wind again rose, T was obliged to 

 leave off my chase. Returning homewards, I saw in the canal many 

 Sydrocampa lemnalis, which did not trouble themselves about the rain. 



The 11th of July. 

 It was rather a windy day, the sky was overcast, with occasional 



