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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  according 
  to 
  the 
  season. 
  In 
  France, 
  we 
  note 
  July, 
  near 
  Lery 
  

   (Dupont) 
  ; 
  in 
  Belgium, 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  at 
  Namur, 
  etc. 
  (Lambillion) 
  ; 
  

   but 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  at 
  Rochefort 
  (Cronibrugghe) 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  Channel 
  

   Islands, 
  several 
  captured, 
  June, 
  1891, 
  near 
  Gouffre 
  (Luff) 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  

   Baltic 
  Provinces 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  July, 
  abundant 
  July 
  3rd-15th, 
  1896, 
  at 
  

   Colljall, 
  near 
  Massa 
  Krug 
  (Nolcken); 
  in 
  Germany 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  as 
  

   in 
  England, 
  viz., 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  in 
  the 
  Crefeld 
  district 
  (Stollwerck) 
  ; 
  late 
  

   June 
  to 
  August, 
  about 
  Wiesbaden 
  (Bossier) 
  ; 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  to 
  mid- 
  

   August, 
  in 
  Waldeck, 
  larva?, 
  pupa?, 
  and 
  imagines, 
  July 
  9th, 
  1848, 
  at 
  

   Bhoden 
  (Speyer) 
  ; 
  June 
  to 
  August, 
  at 
  Ratisbon 
  (Hofmann 
  and 
  

   Herrich-Schaffer); 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  in 
  the 
  lowlands 
  of 
  Baden, 
  August, 
  

   at 
  higher 
  elevations 
  (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler). 
  British 
  records: 
  Imagines, 
  

   August 
  3rd, 
  1862, 
  at 
  Sanderstead 
  (Sang) 
  ; 
  July 
  7th-20th, 
  1870, 
  

   abundant 
  at 
  the 
  Lizard 
  (Marshall) 
  ; 
  imagines, 
  August 
  5th, 
  1879, 
  at 
  

   Folkestone 
  (Sang); 
  July 
  19th, 
  1881, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Portland 
  (Bankes); 
  

   early 
  July, 
  1883, 
  common 
  at 
  Dover 
  (Coverdale) 
  ; 
  June 
  26th, 
  1884, 
  

   common 
  at 
  Cuxton; 
  June 
  29th, 
  1884, 
  a 
  few 
  imagines 
  at 
  Lee 
  (Bower); 
  

   July 
  4th, 
  1884, 
  July 
  16th-August 
  3rd, 
  1885, 
  bred 
  July 
  22nd-25th, 
  

   1885, 
  from 
  pupa? 
  obtained 
  July 
  16th, 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  

   (Bankes) 
  ; 
  July 
  17th, 
  1885, 
  in 
  the 
  Warren, 
  Folkestone 
  (Briggs) 
  ; 
  

   July 
  1st 
  and 
  August 
  7th, 
  1887, 
  at 
  Portland 
  (Richardson); 
  July 
  24th, 
  

   1887, 
  at 
  the 
  South 
  Foreland 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  July 
  11th, 
  1889, 
  July 
  23rd-25th, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Portland 
  (Bankes) 
  ; 
  July 
  7th, 
  1889, 
  at 
  Leatherhead 
  

   (Briggs) 
  ; 
  June 
  25th 
  and 
  July 
  11th, 
  1890, 
  at 
  Portland 
  (Richardson) 
  ; 
  

   late 
  July 
  and 
  early 
  August, 
  1890, 
  at 
  St. 
  Margaret's 
  Bay 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  

   abundant, 
  July 
  20th- 
  August 
  13th, 
  1891, 
  at 
  Torquay 
  (Fox) 
  ; 
  July 
  

   20th, 
  1891, 
  at 
  St. 
  Margaret's 
  Bay 
  (Fenn) 
  ; 
  July 
  22nd, 
  1892, 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  

   (Tutt); 
  July 
  23rd, 
  1892, 
  at 
  Riddlesdown 
  (Sheldon); 
  July 
  1st, 
  1893, 
  just 
  

   commencing 
  to 
  emerge 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  (Tutt); 
  emerged 
  June 
  19th 
  and 
  24th, 
  

   1895, 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  at 
  Dursley, 
  June 
  3rd, 
  1895 
  (Bartlett); 
  July 
  1st, 
  

   1895, 
  an 
  imago 
  at 
  Bexley 
  (Bower); 
  July 
  7th, 
  1895, 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  

   June 
  27th, 
  1896, 
  at 
  Middleyards 
  Coppice 
  (Edwards); 
  July 
  2nd, 
  1896, 
  

   at 
  Benfleet 
  (Whittle) 
  ; 
  July 
  21st-28th, 
  1896, 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  

   September 
  2nd, 
  1898, 
  at 
  Sidmouth 
  (Raynor) 
  ; 
  July 
  9th-16th, 
  1899, 
  

   very 
  abundant 
  at 
  Marlow 
  (A. 
  H. 
  Clarke) 
  ; 
  July 
  19th, 
  1899, 
  common 
  

   at 
  Sidmouth 
  (Studd) 
  ; 
  thirteen 
  netted 
  at 
  Benfleet, 
  July 
  1st, 
  1900, 
  

   imagines 
  bred 
  July 
  2nd-17th, 
  1900, 
  from 
  larva? 
  and 
  pupa? 
  found 
  at 
  

   Benfleet 
  (Whittle) 
  ; 
  August 
  1st, 
  1902, 
  at 
  Starcross 
  (James) 
  ; 
  July 
  

   25th 
  and 
  26th, 
  1903, 
  at 
  Tring 
  (Barraud) 
  ; 
  July 
  16th, 
  1904, 
  imagines 
  

   at 
  Drayton 
  Beauchamp 
  (Rothschild) 
  ; 
  bred 
  June 
  26th-30th, 
  1904, 
  from 
  

   larva? 
  collected 
  June 
  4th, 
  1904, 
  others 
  bred 
  July 
  4th-llth, 
  1904, 
  from 
  

   larva? 
  and 
  pupa? 
  collected 
  June 
  22nd, 
  1904, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  

   (Bankes) 
  ; 
  June 
  24th, 
  1905, 
  at 
  Reigate 
  (Turner). 
  

  

  Habits. 
  — 
  The 
  insect 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  dusk-flier, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  disturbed 
  

   readily 
  during 
  the 
  afternoon. 
  It 
  rarely 
  quits 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighbour- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  its 
  foodplant, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  hangs 
  during 
  the 
  

   day, 
  coming 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  to 
  the 
  higher 
  shoots, 
  and 
  flying 
  

   nimbly 
  over 
  the 
  tops 
  thereof 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  evening 
  has 
  set 
  in. 
  The 
  moths 
  

   appear 
  to 
  pair 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  and 
  remain 
  paired 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  night. 
  Barrett 
  

   observes 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  "hides 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  in 
  the 
  thick 
  masses 
  of 
  

   restharrow, 
  flying 
  lazily 
  to 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  if 
  disturbed 
  in 
  hot 
  

   sunshine, 
  hardly 
  moving 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  chilly; 
  it 
  flies 
  over 
  this 
  plant 
  at 
  

   dusk." 
  Almost 
  everyone 
  who 
  knows 
  the 
  insect 
  gives 
  similar 
  data, 
  

  

  