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Timarcha Lcevigata , common at 
Northwich. 
Grepidodera Modeeri , two speci- 
mens in the Bollin Valley, by sweep- 
ing. 
Apteropeda splendida, one in the 
Bollin Valley. 
Goccinella oblong oguttata, very 
common in Delamere Borest. Beaten 
from fir. 
G. ocellata, rather scarce on the 
firs at Delamere Forest. 
Trichop teryx grandieollis, on Car- 
rington Moss. 
Tychus niger, one in the Bollin 
Valley. 
Thomas Blackburn, The Yews, 
Woodford, Essex. 
Lepidoptera. 
Lepidoptera bred and captured . — 
In October last I bred several 
IT. Pennaria, male and female, and 
one P. Gassinea. 
In November I also bred H. Pen- 
naria, and beautiful varieties of II. 
TJcfoliaria. H. Aurantiaria I cap- 
tured with the net ; it is not common 
here. In December I bred two very 
fine P. Populi, male and female ; 
male and female Aurantiaria-, and 
more Defoliaria. In January, 1863 ? 
the season commenced with mild 
weather, and I bred several P. Pilo- 
saria, fine and rich in colour. Febru- 
ary was a mild month, and I bred 
•several more P. Pilosaria ; and, upon 
the 10th, A. Prodomaria, and con- 
tinued emerging up to the 20th of 
March, and I again obtained a fine 
series of the insect. 
G. Flavicornis appeared in my 
breeding cage upon the 15th, and a 
fine series of them emerged, the last 
upon the 4rd of March. T. Munda 
peeped out upon the 27th of Febru- 
ary. Upon March 4th another P. 
Pilosaria made his late entree ; and, 
on the 20th, P. Palpina burst forth, 
and was succeeded by several others, 
the last upon the 5th of May. A. 
AEscularia was a laggard, and did not 
wake up until the 20th March ; his 
lady love was equally tardy, and 
crept out the same day. T. Populeti 
(a pair) emerged the 31st March. 
Early in April I procured a few con- 
coons of 8. Apiformis. G. Reclusa 
and G. Gurtula came out of pupa 
upon the 4th April, and continued 
emerging up to the 8th of May. An 
unusually fine V. Ziczac (the pupa I 
dug from under the poplar) emerged 
in my breeding cage upon the 15 th 
of the present month. Its great 
size renders it extremely welcome. 
It will be perceived that a long 
space of time has intervened between 
the appearance of the first and last 
of some of the species above men- 
tioned, and others have been very 
late in presenting themselves in the 
winged state. This irregularity has, 
I conceive, been mainly owing to the 
three last cold and rainy seasons. — ■ 
Abraham Edmunds, The Ty thing, 
Worcester, May 18, 1863. 
