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10th to September 20th ; Aplecta occulta (2), at sugar, August 16th and September 

 16th (obtained a lot of eggs) ; H. pisi, larva?, new to the district ; C. exoleta and 

 vetusta, sugar, September ; Stilbia anomala, $ common on the wing, ? scarce. 

 No Deltoides or Aventice. 



Scopula lutealis ; one moth layed its curious flat scale-like eggs upon its dead 

 comrade ! These eggs were laid upon the wings ; but a specimen of Epunda nigra 

 out-did lutealis, as it laid 50 or 60 eggs upon its own hind leg ! 



Scoparia muralis, on cottage walls, often close under the thatch ; excessively 

 abundant on one cottage, keeping out in good condition (unlike most Scoparia) 

 all the summer, till the middle of September. On this same cottage wall, after 11 

 at night, A. tragogoponis, H. micacea and L. testacea were common, often in cop. 



Scoparia truncicolella, not common, in a pine wood ; and, with it, Phycis 

 abietella, August 23rd. 



The Micro-Lepidoptera of this place have been almost entirely neglected ; the 

 following is a list of all that I took in nameable condition : — 



Tortrix ribeana, xylosteana, and unifasciana, with a very distinct fascia ; Peronea 

 favillaceana (Mr. N.) ; P.mixtana, hastiana and maccana, all bred from larvae found 

 on sallow, Myrica gale, &c. ; ferrugana just coming out as I left. Teras caudana 

 (scarce) and contaminana ; Penthina betuletana, Cnephasia subjectana, Grapholita 

 Payhulliana, var. costana commoner than the type ; Penkleriana, common, as usual, 

 amongst alders ; Pcedisca corticana, small, distinctly marked varieties, common 

 during all my stay ; Solandriana, scarce ; E. pinicolana, Mr. Norman took this on 

 a heath ; Retinia resinana, the large lumps of resinous matter formed by last year's 

 larvae, and often containing the empty pupa cases, were common ; D. Petiverana, 

 E. angustana, and A. pratana (scarce). 



Plutella xylostella. Depressaria costosella, atomella, umbellella, arenella, and 

 assimilella (!) all occurred upon twigs of broom and furze at night. Some varieties 

 of costosella had the veins and some lines on the thorax fuscous, and in other 

 respects different from the type ; but, unfortunately, connecting forms occurred. 

 Of D. discipunctella (pastinacella) , a specimen was brought to me. E. fenestrella 

 and C. Eubnerella, among furze; G. humeralis (Lyellella), terrella, and rnulinella 

 were all beaten out out of furze ; A. Gazdartella was common, of course, among 

 birches, and C. radiatella (beautiful varieties) among oaks; C. costella, (E. pseudo- 

 spretella. A beautiful specimen of G. stramineella came out of an oak ; the fore- 

 wing is suffused with rich red-brown. Mr. Norman has since sent me a typical 

 specimen from the same locality. — G. B. Longstaff, New College, Oxford, October 

 3 1st, 1869. 



Description of the larva of Hypenodes costcestrigalis. — For eggs of this species 

 I am indebted to Mr. T. J. Carrington, who sent me some on July 8th, 1868. 

 Unfortunately, I have mislaid the notes I took of their appearance, but I know I 

 was the more struck with it, because it did not correspond with my recollection of 

 the eggs sent me by Dr. Knaggs, in 1865. 



However, I know that these sent by Mr. Carrington were deposited singly, 

 and were of the usual JVbcfwa-shape, and dark-red in colour. 



The larvae were hatched on July 12th and 13th, and, after a little hesitation, 

 seemed to take kindly enough to the flowers of Thymus serpyllum ; I cannot help 



