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late seasons, may be found well into July. In 1893 we captured 

 specimens as early as April 19th, and in 1888 as late as July 17th, 

 whilst in most seasons some five or six weeks elapse between the 

 earliest and latest captures, e.g., April 29th-June 17th, 1898, at 

 Chattenden in the same meadow. In Spain, in the Barcelona district, 

 this species occurs in March and April (Cuni y Martorell) ; in the 

 Teruel district in April and May (Zapater) ; it is also out in March at 

 Cannes, but more abundantly all along the Eiviera during April, the 

 earliest specimen in 1899 being taken at Mouans Sartoux on March 

 3rd (Tutt) ; March and April, 1899, at Alassio (Chapman) ; in Baden 

 it appears from late April to June (Reutti) ; whilst at Bergiin it occurs 

 at the end of May, not appearing on the Weissenstein until July, and 

 on the Albula Pass at 7200ft. is to be captured quite at the end of the 

 latter month (Zeller) ; in Lombardy it is recorded in June and August 

 (Turati) ; Calberla also notes the moth as common in July at Tivoli in 

 the Roman Campagna, and Mina-Palumbo gives the same month for 

 Sicily, late dates for such southern localities, a distinct suspicion of a 

 second brood, especially as in Modena, it occurs in early spring (Fiori) ; 

 Rehberg says that it is common in June and July at Bremen, possibly 

 due to observations being made in a late season ; Speyer notes cases 

 on May 23rd, at Rhoden, imagines during May and June ; in Ratisbon 

 the species appears in May and June (Hofmann), and Reutti gives it 

 as occurring from April to June in Baden ; Bruand is more precise 

 and says that emergence averages from Mayl5th-May 25th, in the 

 dept. of the Doubs. No great number of actual dates are available : 

 June 26th, 1856, at Hampstead Heath (Trimerj) ; May 19th- July 6th, 

 1871, at Wanstead, June 2nd, 1881, June 5th, 1889, May 19th- 

 21st, 1890, July 7th, 1890, at Brentwood, May 30th, 1892, May 

 22nd-June 10th, 1893, May llth-June 16th, 1894, June 25th, 

 1895, at Rainham, June 5th-15th, 1894, at Leigh, June 8th, 

 1895, at Leigh (Burrows); June 10th, 1877, in Epping Forest, 

 June 9th, 1889, at Benfleet, May 22nd, 1892, at Shoeburyness, 

 May 7th-20th, 1894, June 3rd, 1894 (imagines and cases), at Leigh, 

 May 12th, 1895, at Pitsea, May 3rd, 1896 (case), at Vange, April 19th 

 (case), June 3rd-7th, 1897, at Fobbing (Whittle) ; June 13th-15th, 

 1887, June 13th, 1891, May 29th, 1896, at Purbeck, whilst cases found 

 at Purbeck, on May 22nd, 1890, yielded four females, June 1st, 3rd, 

 5th, and 8th, respectively (Bankes) ; May 6th, 1893, on the Essex 

 coast (Thurnall); April 19th, 1893, at Southend (Battley) ; July 16th, 

 1887, at Cuxton, singly, May 19th-July 20th, 1888, at Chattenden, 

 July 21st, 1888, at Cuxton, June lst-18th, 1892, very abundant at 

 Chattenden, April 29th, 1893 (common), May 13th, 1893 (swarming 

 in thousands), June 10th, 1893 (still common), June 17th, 1893 

 (many fine specimens), at Chattenden, May 20th, 1893 (common), at 

 Cuxton, &c. (Tutt) ; June 20th-July 5th (abundant on latter date but 

 worn), June 12th, 1886, June 4th, 1892, very abundant at Chattenden 

 (Fenn) ; June 10th, 1891 (common), June 22nd, 1892, two only, May 

 12th, 1893, June 14th, 1894, June 21st, 1895, June lst-12th, 1896, 

 at Chattenden, flying in afternoon sun (Bower) ; June 5th, 1897, at 

 Brooke, I. of Wight (Kaye) ; August Ist-lOth, 1897, at Dover (Page) ; 

 female bred from Southend, May 4th, 1893, male at High Beach, 

 April 25th, 1893 (Prout) ; June 22nd, 1898, May 24th, 1899, 

 on Wimbledon Common (Gillespie) ; Czekelius gives April 19th, 



