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NAME OP SPECIES. 
Lycsena JEgon 
Hesperia comma .... 
Liparis tlispar 
monacha 
Orgyia antiqua 
Trichiura crateegi 
Poecilocampaponuli . 
Clisiocampa neustria. 
CHstrensis 
Epione apiciaria 
vesperfaria .. 
Crocallis elinguaria.. 
Ennomos alniaria 
tiliaria 
fu.scantai'ia 
erosai-ia .... 
angularia .. 
Himera pennaiia 
Pidonia piuetaria 
Hybeiniaaurantiaria 
defoliai'ia.. 
Cheimatobia boreata. 
brumata 
Oporabia dilutata .. .. 
filigrammaria 
Melanthia rubiginata 
Scotosia vetulata ., 
Cidaria iiumanata. 
prunata.... 
testata 
populata .. 
dotata 
Eubolia cervinaria 
EGG LAID. 
July 
August 
Do 
Do 
July, Sept 
Aug,, Sept., Oct. 
Nov., Dec 
July. Aug 
Do. Do 
August 
July, August 
August 
September 
August 
Do 
Do. 
July, August 
October 
July 
November .... 
Oct., Nov 
-^OT. Dec 
Do. Do 
Oct., Nov 
September .... 
J"iy 
Do 
August 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
November .... 
March 
March, April 
April 
Do 
Do. 
March, April 
March 
March, April 
Do. Do. I 
May 
Do 
February ... 
May, June j 
Do. Do. |: 
Do. Do. 
Do. Do. 
I April, May 
April 
March 
Do. 
Do. 
March, April 
Do. Do 
Do. Do, 
February . 
April 
March (?) . 
March, April 
April 
Do 
Do 
Do 
April, May, 
NAME OF SPECIES. EGG LAID. 
Chesias spartiata October 
Tanagra chaerophyllata.. June 
Petasia cassinea November, 
Ptilophora plumigera ... Nov., Dec. 
Heliophobus popularis... September. 
Charseas graminia Do. 
Luperina ceespitis Do. 
OrthoBia suspecta July, Aug.. 
lota September,, 
macilenta November,, 
Anchocelis rufina September,, 
pistacina Do. 
I'tura Do. 
Xanthia citrago Aug., Sept.. 
Cftrago September.. 
silago Sept., Oct... 
aui'ago I September,, 
gilv='go I Do. 
ferruginea Sept., Oct... 
Cirrhsedia xerampelina..' August 
Tethea subtusa | July, Aug.. 
Do. Do... 
Do. Do... 
Do. Do... 
Aug., Sept., 
September., 
July 
October 
Do 
Do 
September.. 
August 
Cosmia trapezina 
diffiiiis 
afflnis 
Pollaehl 
flavocincta 
Epunda viminalis 
Mi.selia oxyaeanthffi 
Agriopis aprilina , 
Amphipyra pyramidea'... 
tragopogonis, 
Catocala sponsa 
Do. 
April 
Do. 
Marc 
April 
Marc 
Do. 
Do, 
Marcl 
Do. 
April 
Halia wavaria ? 
Eupithecia tenuiata, 
rectangulata, 
debiliata. 
Dicyck 00, 
Cosmia pyralini 
Catocala nupta, 
promis 
II. 
Scotosia rhamnata, 
Gortyna flavago ? 
Tethea retusa, 
Euperia fulvago, 
Into the question of the gradual formation of the larva within t 
egg shell, I do not pretend to enter j my note must be regarded simj 
as a contribution towards clearing up those points in the oeconor 
of our Macro-lepidoptera, on which the numerous books, which a 
published to tell us all about them, fail to throw any light. 
Exeter : Janiuxry 25th, 1870. 
P. 8.— On communicating the above notes to my friend M 
McLachlan, he very kindly looked up some papers, which he remen 
bered to have read in Continental publications, namely, two contr 
butions by Von Prittwitz to the Stettin, Zeitung, 1861, p. 191—22; 
