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bush with no less than seven broods on it in 1891, at Sheerness 

 (Mathew), and so on. 



Time of appearance. — Throughout July and August, varying 

 according to the season, but usually found on the wing for a month, 

 rarely as early as June, or as late as September. Lame full-grown in 

 June, imagines in July, in Pomerania (Hering) ; larva? in April, 

 imagines from June until August, in Upper Austria (Himsl); in August 

 at Sofia (Bachmetjew) ; emerges in Belgium from about July 15th, 

 until mid-August (Lambillion) ; end of July at light, rare, at Berne, 

 July 15th, 1893 (Hiltbold) ; imagines emerge from the middle of June 

 until the middle of July, in the Baltic provinces (Nolcken) ; Fritsch 

 gives dates for imagines extending from May lOth-August 15th, for 

 the Vienna district ; Walker observes that, at Gibraltar, emergence takes 

 place about June 20th ; bred in August and September, in the Isle of 

 Askold (Oberthur) ; it was already out by June 11th, 1897, at Kobe, 

 but in immense numbers from July 13th-24th, 1897, at Kormiloft', in 

 Korea (Fletcher) ; in July and August, in Switzerland (Frey) ; July 

 and August, in Baden (Reutti) ; in July, in the Alpes-Maritimes 

 (Milliere) ; August lst-20th, 1855, July 10th-14th, 1857, at Notting 

 Hill, July llth^l867, July 29th, 1877, at Chertsey (Clarke); July 18th, 

 1856, at Bisterne (Sitbst., p. 29) ; two broods of larvae, April 23rd, 

 1865, at Abbey "Wood, produced imagines from July 4th-15th (A. H. 

 Jones): July 14th, 1866, swarming at light, at Lee, August 13th-15th, 

 1879, common at light, at Erith, July 23rd- August 16th, 1885, at Lee, 

 July 14th. 1886, bred from Chattenden, July 25th, at Lee, July 19th-22nd, 

 1887, July 24th-August 9th, 1888, at light, at Lee, larvae May 26th- 

 June 24th, at Lee, "imagines bred July" 16th-19th, 1890, July 22nd, 

 1892, at light, at Lee (Fenn) ; bred July I5th-17th, 1871, from lame 

 found at Southstoke, in Aveb, May 15th, and which pupated June 22nd- 

 25th, also bred June 25th, 1893, July 13th-20th, 1894, from lame in 

 web June 20th, 1894, at Ringwood, bred July llth-19th, 1894, from 

 larva? obtained June, 1894, at Eton, one brood emerged July 3rd-16th, 



1896, another from July 8th-29th, 1896, from larva? taken at Tiverton 

 May, 1896, a brood from Bainham, emerged June 25th, 1896, males 

 common at light from June 21st- July 4tlCl896, July 20th-24th, 1897, 

 &c, at Oxton (Studd) ; July 26th, 1875, at light, at Beading, July 

 23rd, 1889, at Pangbourne, July 30th, 1890, at Bulmershe, August 

 17th, 1891, at Warren, August 28th, 1891, at Whitchurch (Holland) ; 

 larvae just leaving web at Lewisham, May 80th, 1876, several spun up 

 by June 22nd, imagines appeared from July 15th-August 4th (R. 

 Al kin) ; September 6th, LS77, September 18th, 1879, at light, at Lee 

 (Bower) ; at light, August lOth-llth, 1882, August 5th, 1881, larva 

 July 26th, 1SS7, produced imago, August 3rd, 1887, all at Hitchin 

 (Durrant); July 15th, 1882, July 12th, 1892, in Isle of Purbeck, 

 August 7th, 1896, in Holme Fen (Bankes) ; July 26th, 1885, from 

 larva found June 21st, at Grave -end. July 1 1th, 18K9, from lame found 

 June 23rd, at Fobbing, July lOth-August 7th, 1890, from Benfleet, 

 July 18th, 1895, from Great Wakering, July 6th-17th, 1896, July 29th, 



1897, July 27th, 1898, from Southend (Whittle); bred many July 

 20th-29th" 1888, from Farnboro', caught August 3rd, 1889, at Fresh- 

 water, rare July 6th-August 10th, 1891, at Wicken, common last 

 week in July and first week in August, 1892, at Wicken, 

 August 12th, 1891) at Bourg d'Oisans, Ac. (Tutt) ; larvae in web, at 



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