336 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



April 20th, 1892, at Padworth, April 7th and 9th, 1893, at Burghfield, 

 April 1 2th, 1893, at Aldermaston, March 30th, 1893, at Wokingham 

 (Holland); May 26th — June 7th, 1877, at Wicken Fen, May, 1880, 

 at Eltham (A. H. Jones); imagines bred April 26th — May 3rd, 

 1878, a female of this batch believed not to have paired laid 115 

 eggs from May 8th — 10th, only one hatched, this larva pupated 

 August 4th, 1878, imago February 5th, 1879, in a warm room • 

 imagines also bred April 27th — May 18th, 1880, from Bolton pupae; 

 bred March 21st — 28th, 1882, from Bournemouth pupae, young larvae 

 at Chattenden on June 21st, 1884, had all pupated by August 18th, but 

 imagines were not bred till May 17th — 28th, 1886, one of these 

 females laid ova which hatched June 16th, 1886, the larvae commenced 

 to pupate August 3rd, imagines May 18th — 31st, 1887 (Adkin) ; 

 on February 14th, 1880, six cocoons placed on mantel-shelf of sitting- 

 room, $ emerged February 23rd, a 2 February 24th, a $ 27 th, 

 2 28th, 2 $ s on the 29th, all between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. (Shuttleworth) ; 

 May 10th, 1880, at Donegal (Walker) ; imagines on wing June 9th, 

 1881, on Strensall and Sandburn Commons, and on May 2nd, 1882, 

 a male just emerged, also May 20th, 1882, several males; on April 18th, 

 1883, a cocoon, from which a male emerged April 21st, 1883, all from 

 Strensall Common, also bred two females May 5th, two males May 

 17th, 1883, and found males on wing May nth, 1883, on Strensall 

 Common, May 4th, 1890, May 30th, 1891, on wing on Riccall 

 Common, a male bred May 31st, 1892, from cocoon from Strensall 

 Common, imagines on wing April 25th, 1893, and April 9th, 



1894, on Strensall Common, many bred from May 6th — May 

 15th, 1894, others (from 1893 pupae) emerged April 28th — 29th, 



1895, a ^ cripples, males on wing April 29th and May 4th, 1895, 

 on Strensall Common, many assembled May 5th, 1895, to 12 virgin 

 females on Rhombald's Moor, others bred May 6th — 23rd, 1895, 

 out of doors, imagines on wing May nth, 1895, on a moor 

 near Keighley, males assembled at Strensall on May nth, 1896, 

 and several bred between May 10th and May 23rd, several males 

 assembled also on May 4th, 7th and 17th, 1896, at Rhombald's 

 Moor, and on May nth, 1901, many males assembled to $ s on 

 Rhombald's Moor(W. Hewett); imago May 7th, 1884, near Painswick 

 (Watkins); June 3rd, 1885, June 4th, 1892, April 7th, 1896, May 17th, 

 1897, April 22nd, 1898, April 26th, 1899, near Carlisle (Wilkinson); 

 larvae pupated August, 1885, none emerged in spring 1886, but a 



$ most unexpectedly emerged about August 16th, 1886, at Lindheld 

 (Blaber) ; larvae July 22nd, 1886, and June 25th, 1889, imagines on 

 wing, April 28th, 189 1, in Isle of Purbeck, bred a series May 19th 

 — 27th, 1892 (Bankes) ; May 19th, 1888, May 1st, 1890, in New 

 Forest (G. M. A. Hewett), April 23rd — 25th, 1889, in the Trossachs, 

 May 19th, 1889, at Rothesay, April 20th, 1892, in the Trossachs, 

 April 15th, 1893, at Loch Riddon (Dalglish) ; March 31st to 

 April 6th, 1890, at Hardwicke, having been two years in pupae 

 (Nash); April 19th, 1890, $ hanging from a gorse bush fresh, 

 April 10th, $ s Hying at 12 a.m., not earlier, in South Devon, August 

 29th, 1897, a fullfed larva at Reigate, from which 2 moth emerged May 

 6th, 1898 (Prideaux); from pupae of 1890 imagines emerged January 

 22nd, 1892 (cf ), February 2nd ( 2 ), February 7th (2 g s),February 9th 

 ( 2 ), box kept in an outhouse (Read); April 1st, 189 1, at Armagh (John- 



