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[March, 



NAME 0P SPECIES. 



Lycsena Mgon 



Hesperia comma 



Liparis dispar 



monacha 



Orgyia antiqua 



Trichiura cratsegi 



Pcecilocampa ponuli . . 



Clisiocampa neustria.. 



castrensis 



Bpione apiciaria 



vespertaria ... 

 Crocallis elinguaria... 



Ennomos alniaria 



tiliaria 



fuscantaria. 



erosaria 



angularia ... 



Himera pennaria 



Fidonia pinetaria 



Hybernia aurantiaria 



defoliaria . 



Cheimatobia boreata. 



brumata 



Oporabia dilutata 



filigrammai-ia 

 Melanthia rubiginata 



Scotosia vetulata 



Cidaria immanata 



prunata 



testata 



populata 



dotata 



Eubolia cervinaria .. 



EGG LAID. 



July 



August 



Do 



Do 



July, Sept 



Aug., Sept., Oct 



Nov., Dec 



July, Aug 



Do. Do 



August 



July, August .... 



August 



September 



August 



Do 



Do 



July, August 



October 



July 



November 



Oct., Nov 



•N'ov. Dec 



Do. Do 



Oct., Nov 



September 



July 



Do 



August 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



November 



LARVA 

 HATCHED. 



March 



March, April 

 April 



Do 



Do 



March, April 

 March 

 March, April 

 Do. Do. 

 May 



Do 



February ... 

 May, June 



Do. Do 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



April, 



May 







March 





Do. 





Do. 





March 



April 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



February .. 







March 



(?) ... 



March 



April 



April . 





Do. . 



Do. . 



Do. . 



April, 









May.. 



NAME OF SPECIES. 



Chesias spartiata 



Tanagra chserophyllata. 



Petasia cassinea 



Ptilophora plumigera .. 

 Heliophobus popularis .. 



Chareeas graminis 



Luperina csespitis 



Orthosia suspecta 



lota 



macilenta 



Anchocelis rufina 



pistacina 



litura 



Xanthia citrago 



cerago 



silago 



aurago 



gilvago 



ferruginea 



Cirrhsedia xerampelina. 



Tethea subtusa 



Cosmia trapczina 



diffirris 



affinis 



Polia chi 



flavocincta 



Epunda viminalis 



Miselia oxyaeanthse 



Agriopis aprilina 



Amphipyra pyramided... 



tragopogonia 



Catocala sponsa 



EGG LAID. LARVA HATCHE 



October... 



June 



November 

 Nov., Dec. 

 September.. 



Do. . 



Do. 

 July, Aug 

 September.. 

 November . 

 September. 



Do. .. 

 Do. .. 

 Aug., Sept.. 

 September.. 

 Sept., Oct.. 

 September.. 



Do. .. 

 Sept., Oct.. 

 August . .. 

 July, Aug.. 

 Do. Do... 

 Do. Do... 

 Do. Do... 

 Aug., Sept. 

 September.. 



July 



October 



Do 



Do 



September.. 

 August 



April, May 

 February, Marc 

 April 



Do. 



Feb., March, Ap 

 March 

 April 



Do. 



Do. 

 March 

 March, April 

 March 



March, April 

 March 



Do. 



Do. 



March, April 

 March 



Do. 

 April 



Do. 



Do. 

 April, May 



Do. Do. 

 March 

 April, May 

 March 



Do. 



Do. 

 March, April 



Do. Do. 

 April 



II. 



Halia wavaria ? 



Eupithecia tenuiata, 



rectangulata, 

 debiliata, 



Dicycla oo, 

 Cosmia pyralina, 

 Catocala nupta, 



proinissa. 



Scotosia rhamnata, 

 Gortyna flavago ? 

 Tethea retusa, 

 Euperia fulvago, 



Into the question of the gradual formation of the larva within the 

 egg shell, I do not pretend to enter ; my note must be regarded simply 

 as a contribution towards clearing up those points in the oeconomy 

 of our Macro-lepidoptera, on which the numerous books, which are 

 published to tell us all about them, fail to throw any light. 

 Exeter : January 25th, 1870. 



P. S. — On communicating the above notes to my friend Mr. 

 McLachlan, he very kindly looked up some papers, which he remem- 

 bered to have read in Continental publications, namely, two contri- 

 butions by Von Prittwitz to the Stettin. Zeitung, 1861, p. 191 — 221, 



