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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  seem 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  it. 
  Imagines 
  reared 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  September 
  

   through 
  October, 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  in 
  early 
  

   September 
  on 
  the 
  sand-dunes 
  of 
  Dunkirk 
  (Brabant) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  bred 
  

   about 
  September 
  12th, 
  1859, 
  from 
  larvae 
  pupated 
  September 
  2nd 
  

   (Henslow), 
  imagines 
  captured 
  end 
  of 
  August, 
  1865, 
  near 
  Saffron 
  

   Walden, 
  larvae 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  pupated 
  on 
  September 
  4th 
  and 
  

   the 
  following 
  days, 
  and 
  emerged 
  from 
  about 
  September 
  18th 
  (Jeffrey) 
  ; 
  

   imagines 
  early 
  in 
  August, 
  1868, 
  from 
  near 
  Southport 
  ; 
  in 
  1869, 
  the 
  

   earliest 
  emerged 
  on 
  September 
  19th, 
  when 
  some 
  larvae 
  were 
  not 
  

   fullfed; 
  bred 
  between 
  August 
  23rd 
  and 
  September 
  1st, 
  1883, 
  from 
  

   larvae 
  obtained 
  at 
  Cattistock 
  (Porritt) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  bred 
  September 
  16th, 
  

   1882, 
  August 
  16th, 
  1883, 
  September 
  2nd-14th, 
  1884, 
  the 
  last 
  lot 
  from 
  

   larvae 
  taken 
  August 
  11th, 
  1884, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  ; 
  also 
  imagines 
  

   captured 
  August 
  31st 
  and 
  October 
  2nd, 
  1886, 
  at 
  Bloxworth 
  (Bankes) 
  ; 
  

   imagines 
  bred 
  October 
  5th, 
  1887, 
  from 
  larvae 
  obtained 
  September 
  2nd 
  

   at 
  Ventnor 
  (South) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  caught 
  September 
  8th, 
  1890, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  

   of 
  Purbeck 
  (Bankes) 
  ; 
  September 
  10th, 
  1895, 
  at 
  Hampstead 
  (Watts) 
  ; 
  

   August 
  12th-22nd, 
  1899, 
  at 
  Shoeburyness 
  ; 
  also 
  imagines 
  bred 
  

   August 
  6th-18th, 
  1901, 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  at 
  Shoeburyness, 
  on 
  

   July 
  27th 
  (Whittle) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  caught 
  September 
  27th, 
  1902, 
  at 
  

   Dartmouth, 
  September 
  1st, 
  1903, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck, 
  October 
  10th, 
  

   1904 
  ($ 
  at 
  sugar), 
  at 
  Dartmouth 
  (Bankes); 
  May 
  28th, 
  1904, 
  near 
  

   Wareham 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Curtis 
  teste 
  Bankes) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  emerged 
  August 
  

   27th- 
  September 
  20th, 
  1904, 
  at 
  Reigate 
  (Chapman), 
  from 
  eggs 
  laid 
  about 
  

   July 
  25th, 
  1904, 
  by 
  Purbeck-bred 
  and 
  -captured 
  2 
  s 
  (Bankes); 
  bred 
  

   August 
  19th-September 
  5th, 
  1904, 
  from 
  larvae 
  collected 
  in 
  July; 
  imago 
  

   caught 
  at 
  Great 
  Wakering, 
  August 
  13th, 
  1905 
  (Whittle). 
  In 
  Germany 
  

   the 
  records 
  are 
  somewhat 
  similar. 
  Hofmann 
  says 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  perfect 
  

   insect 
  flies 
  in 
  July, 
  August, 
  and 
  till 
  late 
  in 
  autumn 
  ; 
  an 
  especially 
  

   large 
  and 
  dark^ 
  is 
  labelled 
  ' 
  Stuttgart, 
  November 
  14th'"; 
  as, 
  however, 
  

   Zeller 
  records 
  capturing 
  the 
  moth 
  in 
  April, 
  it 
  appears 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  species 
  

   might 
  hybernate 
  (see 
  also 
  posted. 
  , 
  p. 
  333). 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  noted 
  as 
  being 
  bred 
  

   September 
  1st 
  near 
  Friedland, 
  in 
  Mecklenburg 
  (Stange) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  from 
  

   August 
  to 
  October 
  in 
  the 
  Rhine 
  Provinces 
  (Stollwerck) 
  ; 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  

   August 
  and 
  in 
  September, 
  near 
  Frankfort-on-Main 
  (Schmid), 
  and 
  

   during 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  at 
  Moinbach 
  (Rossler) 
  ; 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  August 
  to 
  

   October, 
  in 
  Brandenburg 
  (Sorhagen); 
  in 
  October, 
  near 
  Breslau 
  (Wocke); 
  

   end 
  of 
  August, 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  at 
  commencement 
  of 
  month 
  at 
  Regens- 
  

   burg, 
  in 
  Bavaria 
  (Schmid), 
  and 
  from 
  July 
  to 
  September, 
  in 
  Baden 
  

   (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler). 
  

  

  Habits. 
  — 
  The 
  moth 
  is 
  very 
  inconspicuous 
  and 
  easily 
  overlooked 
  ; 
  

   its 
  comparatively 
  small 
  size, 
  and 
  pale 
  colour 
  after 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  exposure, 
  

   add 
  to 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  distinguishing 
  it. 
  It 
  appears, 
  however, 
  to 
  be 
  

   easily 
  disturbed 
  during 
  the 
  daytime, 
  in 
  fine 
  weather, 
  from 
  among 
  the 
  

   rough 
  herbage 
  among 
  which 
  its 
  foodplant 
  grows, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  

   afternoon 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  it 
  was 
  flying 
  quite 
  freely 
  on 
  two 
  sunny 
  afternoons 
  

   between 
  2 
  p.m. 
  and 
  4 
  p.m., 
  on 
  July 
  6th 
  and 
  July 
  22nd, 
  1893, 
  at 
  

   Cuxton. 
  At 
  Bourg 
  d'Oisans 
  we 
  found 
  it 
  also 
  flying 
  freely 
  in 
  mid- 
  

   August, 
  1896, 
  and 
  it 
  certainly 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  habit 
  at 
  St. 
  Michel-de- 
  

   Maurienne, 
  in 
  1897. 
  It 
  also 
  appears 
  to 
  fly 
  voluntarily 
  during 
  the 
  

   evening, 
  and, 
  perhaps, 
  is 
  most 
  abundant 
  at 
  dusk, 
  though 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   see. 
  Bankes 
  notes 
  (in 
  lift.) 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  amongst 
  

   its 
  foodplant, 
  in 
  calm 
  and 
  hot 
  weather, 
  rather 
  before 
  sunset, 
  and 
  

   continues 
  to 
  fly 
  until 
  dusk, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  later, 
  for 
  it 
  has 
  occurred 
  at 
  

  

  