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moths at the end of that month ; the pupae that did 

 not disclose the imago before winter were found to be 

 dead ; no pupa survived the winter. In 1866 I 

 bred the moth on September 2nd. In 1886 Mr. Porritt 

 sent me two larvae not half grown on September 11th. 

 I have seen the moth often enough, but noted its 

 ocurrence only twice, viz. its flight at 8 p.m., July 14th, 

 1877, and its flight about fuchsia flowers on November 

 19th, 1875. I know this species has been considered 

 double-brooded, and I find a note by Eev. E. Horton, in 

 1 Ent. Month. Mag.,' vol. ii, p. 165, saying that in 1865 

 he had reared a second brood from eggs found out of 

 doors, but on the other hand most of my friends agree 

 with me in thinking that a second brood is an excep- 

 tional circumstance. I think there is no doubt that 

 the moth hibernates. The second volume of the ' Ent. 

 Month. Mag. ' contains notices of its being seen on the 

 wing on December 24th and February 13th, and Mr. 

 W. H. B. Fletcher tells me he remembers that when a 

 boy he used to see many examples swept from an out- 

 building by the gardener on autumn mornings, as 

 though they had gone in for shelter through the coming 

 winter; probably there is a good deal of difference, 

 caused by the character of the season, as to the time 

 when the hibernated moths lay their eggs, and so in 

 some years the larvae would be found in July, but 

 August and September are the months in which they 

 are usually seen. 



Although bearing more on the hibernation of the 

 imago than on the life of the larva, the following notes 

 furnished by Mr. Stainton and Mr. G. F. Mathew are 

 of much interest, and should, I think, be put on record. 



First as to his experience in England, Mr. Mathew 

 says he has taken the moth in May and early June, 

 but always in a worn condition, evidently hibernated. 

 He has sometimes taken the larva in July, but most 

 abundantly in August, the pupa state lasting from 

 fourteen to twenty-one days. He does not regard a 

 second brood as impossible, but does not think it is 



