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But, to return to Sibylla. By the raidfllo of May some of the larvao were fully 

 grown, and about the 20th they began to spiu up. My cxpcrienco last year led rao 

 to put them into a warm room, where they got a good deal of sun, but this year 

 the heat was too great, and certainly caused many of them to spin up before they 

 were fully mature, so that some died in changing, and those bred were smaller than 

 ordinary captured specimens. On June 3rd the first imago made its appearance, 

 and by the 20th all had emerged. On June 16th I was riding down one of its 

 favourite glades in Woolmer Forest, and wondering whether any had appeared at 

 largo, when one glided over my shoulder, and was, to my own astonishment, secured 

 by a rapid and almost involuntary stroke of the net. It was a most lovely specimen, 

 just out, and I should think one of the earliest ever seen at liberty in this countiy. 

 A week later they were common, as also was Argynnis Paphia ; and by July 11th, 

 when in ordinary years they would have been in their greatest force, there was 

 hardly even a worn-out specimen to be seen. 



Tlio great heat had the effect of bringing out several other species of butterflies 

 before their usual time. Thus the second brood of Leucojphasia sinapis appeared 

 on June 29th, and that of Lyccena Argiolus on July 11th. Moreover, I met with 

 what I had never before seen, namely, second brood specimens of Argynnis Euphro- 

 syne and Selene, and Thanaos Tages on July 15th, 28th, and 30th respectively. 

 This must be a very rare occurrence in the cold climate of Haslemere. 



I. cannot tell whether Apatwa Iris was tamed a little by the heat, but my 

 friend Mrs. Frascr discovered it settling along a wood-path, on alder and chestnut 

 bushes from twelve to twenty feet high, and there we managed to secure at 

 diflferent times seventeen specimens; while in another wood a magnificent female 

 condescended to settle within reach of my net, and was secured. 



Early this month a third brood of Satyrus Megcera appeared, and is still flying 

 in plenty. The males are unusually dark. 



Of moths, I think that every one who has had time for collecting this autumn, 

 will have found many that have re-appcared unusually late. I myself have observed 

 several species that are generally only single-brooded. — Chas. G. Barrett, Hasle- 

 mere, 16th Septemherj 1868. 



Note on Hyponomeuta vigintipunctatus. — From larvas found last autumn on 

 Sedum telephium, I bred, in the spring, a host of Hyponomeuta vigintipunctatus. 



Wishing to obtain eggs, I kept a dozen specimens alive for several days in 

 company, but as no results appeared, turned them out, on April 25th, upon some 

 Sedum which I had planted in the garden, and a day or two afterwards turned out 

 several more. 



From this time till May 20th — nearly a month — whenever I looked at the 

 plants some of the moths would be visible, settled on the leaves. More utterly 

 inert creatures I never saw. Although I watched them at all times in the day and 

 in the evening, I never saw one move unless disturbed. If touched they would 

 dart down to the ground, and crawl up again soon after, but without using their 

 wings. They did not become worn nor very much faded, and must have died at 

 last from sheer want of energy to keep alive. From all this I feared that they had 

 not paired, and that I should not get a brood, so was much pleased in June to see 



