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son); larvae on May 23rd, 1895, at Saltburn, pupated May 28th, 

 emerged June 30th, 1895, etc. (Lofthouse) ; June 27th, 1895, June 13th 

 — 21st, 1896, at Malvern, larvae, May 28th, 1896, gave imagines June 

 13th — 16th, 1896, at Worcester (Rea) ; June 5th, 1895, June 23rd — 

 27th, 1898, at Carlisle (Wilkinson); from larvae that commenced to 

 spin June 7th, 1895, imagines were bred as follows : July 4th 1 <? , 

 July 7th 1 $ , July 16th 1 $ and 1 2 , July 22nd 1 $ , July 25th 1 2 , 

 July 30th 2 $ s, August 4th 1 2 , August nth 1 2 , August 18th 1 $ , 

 August 23rd 1 2 , August 25th 1 2 (Varty); July nth, 1895, J U ^Y IItn > 

 1896, 2 s by dusking, at Bungay, bred July 24th — August 5th, 1900, 

 at Burnley (Clutten); larvae very common at Folkestone at end of 

 May in 1896 and 1897, earliest date of pupation, June 2nd, 1897, 

 latest, J*uly 3rd, 1897, earliest emergence, June 14th, 1896, latest, 

 August 4th, 1897 (Lane); larvae, collected May 14th, produced 

 imagines June 25th — 27th, 1896, in the Linz district (Himsl); larvae 

 in thousands, May 28th, 1896, at Wisbech, imagines emerged 

 from June 24th, 1896 (Mousley); cocoons, June 27th, 1896, 

 and July 9th, 1898, at both of which dates emergences 

 had already taken place at Dinas Mawddwy (Tetley) ; June 

 30th, 1896, at Chelmsford (Miller); larvae, in April at Blyth, 

 imagines emerged June 20th — July 10th, 1897 (Crass); male caught 

 by dusking, June 14th, 1897, larvae at Corsemalzie, April 13th, 

 1898, common, pupated from June 12th, emerged early in July, 

 2 captured June 30th, 1898, bred others July 16th — 29th, 1898, and 

 June 19th — 21st, 1899; saw a larva about one inch long, on August 

 17th, 1899 (Gordon); larvae, from April 15th — May 2nd, 1897, at 

 Angmering, first imago emerged June 14th (Dollman) ; bred from 

 June 24th, 1897, at Boxworth (Thornhill) ; larvae, common, 

 May and early June, 1898, at Hitchin, spun up in June, imagines 

 emerged from June 28th on through July (Cottam) ; larvae and 

 cocoons, June 1 8th — 25th, 1898, at Wicken, imagines from these 

 July 9 th (2), July nth ( ? ), July 19th (2 2 s, 1 $ ), July 23rd 

 ( 2 s) (Carr) ; between Waxham and Horsey, June 26th — 30th, 

 (1898) (Cox); electric light, Aigle, July 3rd — 4th, 1898 (Lowe); 

 imagines, bred July 15th — 20th, 1898, from larvae found in the 

 north of Middlesex (Burraud); July 27th — August 16th, 1898, at 

 Hayling Island (May) ; August 12th, 1898, at light, in the Norfolk 

 Broads (Edelsten) ; July 7th, 1899, at Earlstown, July 8th, both 

 cocoons and imagines at Canal Bank ; June 27th, 1900, cocoons only 

 at Canal Bank (Cotton) ; July 8th, at Wishanger, at light (Newland) ; 

 July 19th — 20th, 1900, at light, at Rugeley (Freer); July 22nd, 

 1900, at Lichfield (Redmayne), July 6th — 13th, 1901, at Addington 

 (Russefi) ; July 22th, 1901, at Somerton Broad (Phillips). 



LOCALITIES. — Generally distributed in most suitable localities throughout 

 the British Islands. The whole west of Scotland, common ^Chapman), common in 

 the south of Ireland (McArthur), far rarer in Ireland than in England, but found 

 in all 4 provinces occasionally, common locally (Kane). ABERDEEN : Aberdeen, 

 once only (Home), Murcal Links (Traill). ARGYLL: common (Chapman), 

 Oban, abundant (Evans), Loch^oilhead (Mackieson), Tarbcrt, L. Riddon 

 (Dalglish). ARMAGH: Armagh, Churchill (Johnson). Ayr : Shewalton 

 Moss (Smith), Monkton (Duncan), Kilmarnock (Rose), Troon to Ayr, very 

 abundant (Dunsmore). BEDS : Potton, abundant (Bond-Smith). BERKS : 

 Reading (Butler), Whiteknight's Park. Tilehurst, Southcote (Holland), Sulham 

 Woods (Henderson), Hurst (Broome. BERWICK: Berwick (Bolam). Bucks: 

 Marlow (Clarke), Eton (Bankes), Chalfont St. Peter (St. John), Buckingham 



