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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
O. Hemerophila Abruptaria. Un- 
doubtedly double-brooded! From eggs 
laid in May I bred the perfect insect in 
August ! Perhaps it would be as well to 
mention that at the time these later 
moths appeared some of the produce of 
the very same batch of eggs were still 
feeding as larvae, though hatched at the 
same time and treated in exactly the 
same way as their precocious brethren, 
one of whom awaits with them the 
coming of next spring in the pupa state: 
I noticed that the slow-feeders attained a 
much greater size than the fast ones, and 
expect to breed larger moths from them. 
When first hatched these larvae have a 
beautiful purple stripe on the back, but 
they soon lose it. 
O. Acidalia Imitaria. Two or three 
loopers hatched from I know not what 
eggs in August, 1858, produced Imitaria 
on the 1st of July, 1859. They fed on 
groundsel, and though at hist they grew 
to a great length they were more than 
ten months about it. Having kept them 
out-doors, and so out of sight, I forgot to 
make a description till they had begun 
to spin, so I cannot speak as precisely 
as I could wish; however, I know they 
were exceedingly long and thin, of an 
ochreous-grey ground-colour, and streaked 
and clouded with a little dusky black at 
the segmental divisions and along the 
sides. 
O. Bradyepeles Amataria. A brood, 
hatched on the 7th of J uly, fed away so 
rapidly for about a fortnight on dock, 
that I hoped to see the moths appear in 
August; however, upon attaining about 
two-fifths of their full-size they suddenly 
ceased eating, and are now hybernating 
in most obstinate abstinence. I took the 
perfect insect again out-doors on the 1 1th 
of August. 
O. Corycia Temerala. I mention this 
species only to notice the neat way in 
which the female laid her eggs along the 
ribs on the under side of the sloe-leaf, 
which I gave her, instead ol scattering 
them all over it, as many moths would 
do. 
O. Larentiu Olivala. As some of the 
summer species indulge sometimes in an 
autumn brood, so I am half-inclined to 
suspect does Olivata appear before its 
usual time in August ; at all events I 
took it in good condition this summer at 
the end of May or beginning of June ; 
but perhaps this has been, on account of 
the great heat, an exceptional season. 
Larvae, hatched on the 30th of August, 
are now hybernating small, on Galium 
Mollugo. As far as I can see at present 
they much resemble the next species, both 
in habits and appearance, having been 
red when first hatched, and since be- 
come very much wrinkled and dingy- 
coloured. 
0. L. Peclinitaria. That this larva is 
not so well known as the abundance of 
the perfect insect would leave one to 
expect need not be wondered at: it is 
such a sluggish creature, and so foud of 
hiding at the roots of its food, that I 
should think scarcely any one who has 
not taken the trouble to breed it can 
have seen it : some I had given me by a 
friend, who has also helped me in the 
following description, would remain mo- 
tionless, as if dead, for hours; in fact, I 
never once saw them move, though I 
watched them often. When first hatched 
they are bright red, but soon become 
dingy ; when full grown they are short, 
stout and wrinkled, with small black 
tubercles emitting bristles ; ground-colour 
a dingy olive-brown, with a dark inter- 
rupted dorsal line, from the fifth to the 
tenth segment a row of reddish V-like 
marks, having the angle towards the 
head, and the side lines reaching almost 
to the spiracles ; from the tenth segment 
to the tail is a broad stone-coloured 
stripe; subdorsal line light and wavy; 
belly fawn-colour, with dark patches 
above the feet. Will eat Galium Mol- 
lugo, and has also been reared on 
G. suxalilc. 
