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.,ct,e<l into the Obra. The occasionally high bank, of the canal are 
fed on their slope, with an abundant gra^s-flora, hut tagherup are 
^the fir woods with their scanty vegetation. 
The 29th of Mat. 
«ter a long period of very cold weather, which had totally 
;„yed the orchard crop, and partially injured the rye, at lart for a 
days milder weather had set in. It had ramed m he forenoon of 
day and was warn^; the sun, however, shone out before even.ug 
'In order to collect Oekclna supertella. and the larvs o! Set.n. 
,::., and to ,ee the oviposition of the X,o.». iZy^. and ^;^» 
istis), which I wished to rear, I went at 8 p.m. to the Judenberg^ 
^id not ,top on my way, I only ,aw, not far f™" f ^ -^"^' ^ 
UesefaJata (.i.eat.) on the wing coming from the fields, and 
(rwards, on a field, another. ^ t v, f o l»,„Hful 
! From the a«pen, of the Jews' burying-ground I beat a beaut fnl 
iale Cy,natopZa or, and not unfrequently Flo.of,ery. harfana, and 
£ the aspen bu,hes a beautiful ^o.M« »««■'<• <J; 
i In the open places which were more grown over w.th ^....«« and 
*ynn,lorus, Ora,lus ckry.on,MUs occurred m t°l-;M« /;2 
(se were already accompanied by a few « ^'•'"^"- , 7^'^^^* ', ™ 
,Wg amongst the lichen (which cover, the ground here and there 
La grey efflorescence) for the larv» of X»W«»», there fiew up t 
tvals a few bad GdeMa psifeto. two 6. iesertelU* .ni . qu.te 
r.. »— . Z.t I round by degrees . W of X. W.. 
^gLs stems, certainly ,uite fresh out. but after such along period 
i cold weather I tad not expected them. 
Whilst poking amongst Th,j,n». .ernll»«, I tnmed up by degr s 
aelecUa Iperma, their white heads -' "--""^'^^^'X * 
eir antenna obMquely directed upwards, they flew rap.dly for a hort 
Unce and then settled again on the groundjo^al^^notherlud^- 
adily pasa for that species, but which are '"?*"^^' P^'^F'^ " f May. The characters given by Sta.riton 
., firit make their appearance as early as the last th.rd of May._^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ character and there 
nsecta Britan.ica, P;,^!^) are no. a wa su tew^^^^^ ^^^^_^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^ appearance- P. 0. Z. 
..mains hardly any other of tolerable ceitainiy ^^^ ^^ .^^.p^^ 
t This species, which is -^y abundant m June on a^^^^ ,pots almost pure 
hey are wasted. In no umlrosella ^^ ^ .^^f, t^^/^^'^yfat most some whitish scales on the extenor 
iiscoidal spots which the uninjured tegulella snows, 
side of the first spot.— P. C. Z. 
