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June 6th hovering over the flowers of holly at Lezayre, the scent 

 from which is very strong, also July 10th, 1897, September 

 5th-nth, 1899, July ist-i6th, 1900, abundant at Sulby (Clarke), 

 July 10th, 1883, at Lewisham, at geraniums (Douglas), plentiful 1884, 

 absent in 1885, at Cork (Sandford), July 19th, 1884, July 6th, 1892, 

 July 8th, 1893, June 15th, 1897, at Hayton, June 4th, 1899, July 18th, 

 1900, July, 1901, in Carlisle district ( Routledge), July 23rd, 1884, 

 at Hampstead, July 17th, 1889, at Deal, October 15th, 1899, at 

 Maidstone ^ Watts), many throughout October, up to the 31st, 1884, 

 at King's Lynn (Atmore), August 2nd, 1885, at Kingsdown, June 

 20th, 1899, and September 1st, 1899, at Croydon (Sheldon), 

 September ist-i9th, 1885, at Lizard (Riding), July 21st, 1886, 

 July 18th, 1887, September 20th, 1896, at Reading (Butler), 

 larva, September, 1887, gave imago December nth, 1887, in a 

 cold room at Clevedon, also January 31st, 1898, flying in sunshine 

 at Bath (Jefferys), July 10th, 1887, at Edinburgh (Evans), July 

 17th, 1887, at Moffat (Long), August, 1887, at Ilford (Tonge), August 

 7th, 1887, at Wednesfield (Hill), October 24th, 1888, July ioth-23rd, 

 1892, October 13th, 1893, August 12th, 1897, at Bristol, September 5th, 

 1892, at Braunton (Bartlett), October 14th, 1889, flew into house at Ar- 

 magh (Johnson), 31 larvae in various stages between September ist-5th, 

 1889, in South Devon — 4 died — 27 pupae, the moths all emerged be- 

 tween October 20th-November 26th ; July, 1898, at Sidmouth (Wells), 

 May 3ist-June 7th, 1890, at Brockenhurst (Ogden), August 3rd, 1890, 

 to end of month at Mansfield, May ioth-July 16th, 1898, at Paul, 

 seen as early as March 20th, but worn, also on August 3rd, again 

 September ist-3oth, 1899, in 1900 continuously, from middle of July 

 till late autumn, at Mansfield (Daws), May 25th, 1891, quite in 

 centre of town, at Cambridge, May 5th, 1893, May nth, 1895, 

 May 20th, 1896, May 6th-2 2nd and September 10th, 1898, at 

 Prescot (Freeman), July 3rd, 1891, at Leckhampton Hill (Goodlake), 

 July 20th, 1 89 1, at Cheltenham (Sanders), common June to 

 October at Oxton, September 29th, 1891, August 25th and October 

 5th, 1892, September 13th, 1893, August 29th, 1896, June 19th, 

 1897, September 1st, 3rd and 8th, 1898, May 28th and August 

 14th, 1899 (Studd), June 2nd-9th, 1892, at Abbotts Wood and 

 Eastbourne (Porritt), June 8th, 1892, at Worcester Park, July 9th, 

 1892, abundant in waste places in Jersey . (Kaye), June 20th, 

 1892, and preceding days, October 23rd, 1899, at Haslemere 

 (Newman), June 21st, 1892, June 16th and July 19th, 1897, June 

 7th-22nd, 1899, abundant, then again September 2nd-25th, 1899, 

 1892, worn, July nth, 1894, August 25th, 1895, August 2nd, 1897, 

 at Corsemalzie (Gordon), July 2nd-i2th, 1892, at Eastbourne 

 (Tugwell), July 3rd, 1892, at Crossgates, near Leeds (Nelson), 

 very abundant at Lynton and Ilfracombe in early July, 1892, at 

 red valerian, even in pouring rain, on July 5th (Cooper), July 8th, 

 June 17th, 1898, fresh, all at Eastbourne, September 17th, 1893, at 

 Ealing (Montgomery), July 26th, 1892, August 5th-September 9th, 

 abundant at Swanage (Hall), July 26th and 27th, 1892, July 15th, 

 August 29th, 1893, August, 1899, plentiful, August, 1900, a few at 

 Sandown, January 27th, 1899 (sent up to me alive) end of July-August, 

 1899, plentiful at Torquay (Prout), eggs laid July 29th, 1892, at 

 Hornsea, produced imagines November ist and following days 



