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T. Punctulata. — April and May. At rest on trunks of various trees in 

 woodland paths. 



Pseudoterpna Cytjsaria. — July and August. May be easily stalked up 

 by day. On heaths in New Forest. 



Geometra Papilionaeia. — This pretty insect comes to light in July and 

 August. The larva, which like that of U. sambucata, must not be kept under 

 leno after the last moult, is very lethargic and a sparse feeder, seeking a rest- 

 ing place at the extreme tips of the catkin -bearing twigs of its food-plant 

 (Betula alba J, generally at some height from the ground, during the day- 

 time ; and as it sits attached, by its claspers only, with arched back and head 

 tucked under, seen against the sky it resembles closely one of the catkins, 

 the deception being aided bv the coloration. On no account attempt to 

 remove the larva with the ringers or to beat it, as it sticks like grim death, 

 and its powerful claspers would be maimed sooner than relax their grasp. 

 May and June. The pupa is large, plump, and pale emerald green, tinted 

 in parts with ochreous, and enclosed in a web among leaves, or in muslin if 

 that is at hand. Bishop's Wood, Hampstead, Highgate Wood, and New 

 Porest. Never found it common ; once took six larvae in one afternoon. 



Nemoria Viridata. — Rare. By beating sloe or hawthorn. May. Lower 

 part of Park Hill inclosure, N ew Porest. 



Phorodesma Bajuiaria. — By mothing round oak trees and bushes. 

 Usually flies high. End of June and July. Woods at Highgate and Hamp- 

 stead, and Lyndhurst. 



Hemtthea Thymiaria. — June and July. By beating and mothing. 

 Woods and lanes near London, and the New Porest common. 



Ephyra Punctaria. — May, June, and August. Easily dislodged from 

 undergrowth and the lower boughs of oak by day, as well as captured by 

 mothing. Woods round London and in the New Porest, especially Stubby 

 Copse. 



E. Trilinearia. — Common, at rest on trunks of beech (Faff us sylvatica) 

 not at any great elevation. May. The larva is abundant in August on the 

 same tree, and is almost a counterpart of that of E. punctaria, but the green 

 variety has the oblique marks of a saturnine red (or exactly the colour of an 

 apricot), and the other variety is a much deeper tint, or browner than that 

 of & punctaria. 



Hyria Auroraria. — Plying swiftly by day, skimming the tops of long 

 grass in the lower part of Park Hill inclosure, New Porest. July. 



Asthena Candidata. — By mothing and beating bushes in woods. May 



