178 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



June 9th, 1867, at Eltham (Jones) ; larvae, April 14th, 187 1, June 15th, 

 1892, the latter pupating June 24th, 1892, imagines, July 22nd, 1886, 

 August 4th, 1 887, at Brentwood, August 13th, 1890, at Newlyn, August 

 10th, 1892, at Rainham, July 23rd, 1900, at Southend (Burrows) ; June 

 24th, pupae from which imagines emerged July, 1871, at Lee, imagines 

 August 9th, 1 87 1, at Tunbridge Wells, July 28th, 1877, at Lee, 

 July 13th, 1896, at Gravesend, cocoons and imagines, the latter flying 

 at dusk (Bower) ; males taken at light, July 21st, 1871, August 26th, 

 1891, August 18th, 1892, July 28th, 1893, July 31st, 1894, August 

 27th, 1894, August 4th, 1896, July 23rd, 1897, August 7th, 1897, 

 August 4th, 1899, at Oxton ; dates of breeding specimens at Oxton — 

 $ June 28th, 1896, $ July 9th, 1896, $ and ? July 16th, $ August 

 nth, 1897, $ July 4th, 1898, $ August 4th, 1899 (Studd) ; August 

 nth, 1875, at Tilehurst, July 30th, 1889, at Warren, August 18th, 1891, 

 at Southcote, August 4th, 1892, at White Knight's Park (Holland); 

 larvae, May 29th, 1876, at Lewisham, others June 13th, 1876, at 

 Darenth, these commenced to spin up June 21st, 1876, emerged 

 July 1 2th — 13th, 1876 ; a cocoon on a low branch of a fir-tree 

 at Sultan Pines, near Deal, July 14th, 1877, produced imago 

 July 25th, 1877 (R. Adkin) ; August 6th, 1876, at Emsworth 

 (Buckler) ; June 28th, 1879, June 19th, 1880, at Rugby (Solly) ; 

 larvae, March 15th, 1881, pupa July 7th, emerged July 13th, 

 1883, male caught July 14th, 1883, at Ippolytts, larvae, May 

 17th, 188 1, at Wicken (Durrant) ; fullfed larvae, June 9th, 188 1, 

 on Strensall Common, larvae May 5th and June 7th, 1882, near 

 Huntington, larvae May 6th, 1882, near Haxby, larvae June 21st, 

 1882, at Edlington Wood, imagines July 16th, 1885, July 1st, 1886, 

 and July 14th — 16th, 1891, at Askham Bog, larvae June 6th, 1890, near 

 Naburn, larvae May 12th, 1892, at Strensall, larvae May 21st, 1892, 

 near Warthill, larvae May 17th, 1894, spun up June 21st, 1894, at 

 Riccall Common, larvae, May 26th, 1895, at Spurn Point, imagines 

 began to emerge June 25th, 1895 \ larvae April 13th — May 25th, 

 1896, at Strensall Common, others April 25th, 1896, at Market 

 Weighton, commenced to spin up May 25th, emerged Julyioth — 14th, 

 1896, imagines taken June 20th, 1896, at Riccall Common, July 2nd, 

 1896, several on Askham Bog, also obtained 25 newly spun up cocoons 

 at Melbourne, July 16th, 1899, and larvae May 20th, 1900, from which 

 imagines emerged July 1st — August 6th, the greater number during 

 the last week of July; larvae May nth, 1901, at Bishop-Wilton, 

 imagines emerged June 25th — July 17th (Hewett); July 16th, 1881, at 

 Wickham Market, July 29th, 189 1, at Tiverton (Harker) ; August 

 9th, 1881, July nth, 1898, at Hayton Moss (Routledge) ; July 10th, 

 1882, July 12th, 1883, July 14th, 1884, July 12th, 1885, July 16th, 

 1889, July 13th, 1891, July 12th, 1893, July nth, 1896, July 

 12th, 1897, July 25th, 1900, July 7th, 1 90 1, at light, at Reading 

 (Butler); imagines caught July 31st, 1883, July 28th, 1899, in 

 Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; July 23rd, 1885, at Bletchingley (Barclay) ; 

 imagines July 22nd, 1886, July 19th, 1887, August 4th, 1887, 

 August 4th, 1890, at Brentwood ; larvae, June 17th, 1891, at 

 Woodham Ferris, imagines August 23rd, 1895, at Linwood, July 25th 

 and August 13th, 1898, July 26th, 1899, at Hazeleigh, August 1st, 

 1899, at Needham Market, July 17th, 1900, hovering over grass 

 in ditch, July 20th — 22nd, 1900, at light, at Hazeleigh (Raynor); 



