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. , , • iRRQ _T have been unable to work well 
: ab ' r oly exceptions to the genera, sca-eity of D.u™.. A 
Oelt pest, M. ;»..«.», -as been ,nite sca.oe tl.i. season, and even 
far from common, compared with its nsual nbnndance. 
r:;pectin, the time oC appearance or ^e-i-^P;'^^^-^ - - 
Last year, S. lip..Ii/ormi. was ont ,n my garden on June 5lh an 
, l™„ on the r,e.t day. This year, I iirst saw ir.™ on June ISlh . mh^ 
the Cear.wing was not ont at all until the last weet ■" ^»-jJ ^^^V^ y 
. fl„ flrat seen and yet I watched most carefully tor it. This shows on y 
:Il;r::ceTeLen Jariy and late seasons for the .,..», and three weeks 
;«i« -HebbeK' Mabsdek, Broolc Street, Gloucester. 
. May , o. y ^ J alietaria, Cotswolda, near Gloucester, not 
loucester, common, May; B. abietana, v.o , several, 
a. July; A. .nanjinata, usually a scarce msect here, ^^ll^^^^l'^; 
Euv^atyrata, only one sffe^cimeu, where last year they were very 
: Eu,. is,ra.n.naia. a few worn ones flying over clemat.s. August 
' one bred from pup«. dug last autumn, May ; X. samhrunnea, four at .vy 
ri ; Jll. Cotswolds, May, scarcer than usual; Botys .an^^^ and 
:;., as ull, pretty common in beech-wood openings on the Cotswolds.-Io. 
avtures of Lepuloptera, ^c, in 1869.-The following is a list of some of the 
:e::sLec'tsIhave taken, noticed or bred, during the past season T 
/species to which Lytham is given as the locahty were captured on Wh.t 
ay and Wbit-Tuesday, May 17th and 18th. 
^TF-aIbum .-bred a fine series; larvae from Doncaster. 
IL sieaat.n.n : I noticed this species on the cliffs at «-" J^^^^^^^' 
L lonicer. : on the cliffs at Filey, in July, the former spec.es u. p.ofu.on. 
nia iMntaginis : in the larva state ; Norland moors. 
^fuliginosa : larv^ on the sand-hills at Lytham. 
,cLl. larv. on the sand-hills at Lytham, but not so common y a I have 
n i ed them in previous years, on other parts of the Lancashu-e coa t. 
::: a la^-va brought 'to me from near Mirfiold ; _ this .nsect, though so 
abundant in most localities, seems to be a scarce spec.es here. 
by. quercus : larvee common on the sand-hills at Lytham. 
aUunce : common, Greetland moors and Linthwaite. 
Ltir::X~:L:t:::n. Bercre hybernation they feed 0. 
knot-gi-ass, afterwards on dock. 
