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provinces (Lienig), from October 19th-November 3rd in the same 

 district (Nolcken), whilst Sodoffsky even gives the imagines as 

 appearing as early as August in the neighbourhood of Eiga ; 

 common in December, at Rennes (Oberthiir). Mason believes there 

 are two periods of emergence at Clevedon, one in November and early 

 December, the other in late December and January. Merrifield notes 

 a most unexpected appearance on March 25th, 1861, when a male was 

 bred from a Tilgate larva. Actual dates are as follows : October 29th, 

 1856, at Carlisle (Gregson) ; November 21st, 1861, bred from Walling- 

 ford, December 26th, 1863, bred from Darenth, November 21st, 1864, 

 at Charlton, November 18th, 1865, at Eltham, October 16th to Decem- 

 ber 4th, 1875, bred several from Chattenden and Lyndhurst, November 

 29th, 1884, from Northbourne, November 28th, 1886, from Bexley 

 (Fenn) ; November 19th, 1864, at Emsworth (Buckler) ; November 20th, 

 1864, November 10th, 1865, at light at Oxford, June 2nd, 1898, larva at 

 Lynmouth, pupated June 20th, imago emerged November 20th the same 

 year (T. Briggs) ; October 25th, 1866, at Northleach (Todd) ; October 

 14th, 1867, at Rannoch (White) ; November 18th, December 6th, 1875, 

 at Eltham (A. H. Jones); November 18th, 1875, at Reading, December 

 5th, 1888, at Caversham, November 21st, 1889,atBulmershe, November 

 28th, 1889, at Tilehurst, November 14th, 1890, at Warren, November 

 19th, 1892, at Wokingham (Holland) ; November 24th, 1880, at Aid- 

 borough (Andrews) ; October 15th, 1881, at Hartlepool (Robson) ; 

 November 9th, 1881, at Rickmansworth (Mera) ; December 3rd-5th, 

 1881, at Derby (Pullen) ; December 17th, 1882, from Epping, Novem- 

 ber 18th, 1888, from Ranmore (Whittle) ; December 17th, 1882, 

 November 15th-17th, 1890, November 8th-December 5th, 1891, Novem- 

 ber 14th, 1892, at Emsworth (Christy) ; October 31st, 1883, at 

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; November 30th, 1883, at Sutton Coldfield (Bath) ; 

 November 12th, 1885, November 23rd, 1886, November 3rd-December 

 20th, 1888, November 12th, 1892, at Rainham (Burrows) ; November 

 12th, 1885, November 16th, 1889, November 20th, 1890, at Brent- 

 wood, November 17th, 1889, at Wickford, October 21st, 1892, at E. 

 Barkwith, November 12th-16th, 1892, November llth-28th, 1893, 

 November lst-20th, 1894, November 17th-21st, 1895, at Panton 

 (Raynor) ; November 20th, 1886, November 10th, 1887, November 

 15th, 1888, November 16tb, 1889, November 18th, 1890, November 

 11th, 1892, at Reading (Butler) ; November 21st-December 5th, 1887, 

 at Woodbridge (Freeman) ; until December 2nd, 1887, at Radley 

 (Steuart) ; October 28th, 1889, at Hayton (Routledge) ; November 

 15th, 1889, at Derrynoose (Johnson) ; November 20th, 1890- January 

 25th, 1891, emerged at Durham (Maddison) ; November 16th-20th, 



1890, at Grange-over- Sands (Booth) ; December 29th, 1890, December 

 5th, 1891, at Plymouth (Briggs) ; November 12th, 1890, January 5th, 



1891, at Clevedon (Mason) ; January 1st, 1891, at Drumreaske (Kane) ; 

 January 5th, 1891, at Chichester (Anderson) ; January 24th, 1891, at Bath 

 (Jefferys) ; November 1st, 1891, at Chingford, November 22nd, 1896, 

 at Hoddesdon, November 20th-21st, 1897, at Bishop's Stortford (Bayne); 

 December 4th-8th, 1891, December 7th, 1894, at Bristol (Bartlett) ; 

 November 21st, 1891, November 12th-28th, 1892, November 28th -30th 

 and December 26th , 1893, at Worcester Park (Kaye) ; November 21st, 1892, 

 December 5th, 1892, in Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; November 21st, 



1892, at Woodwalton (Bloomfield) ; November 1st, 1892, at Rick- 



