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Common Blue Butterfly.— Lyccena (Fb.) icarus (Rott.). — 
Page 13, Females on L., males on R., upper and under surfaces. 
Eggs upright, button shaped, greenish white with a darker tint in 
the shadows and boldly sculptured resembling white coral. Laid on 
bird’s foot trefoil (Lotus Corniculatvs). August. 
Large Skipper Butterfly. — Augiadts (Hb.) sylvanus ( Esp .) 
— Page 14. Males on L., females on R., upper and under surfaces. 
Eggs upright, domeshaped, with slight depression on the top and 
faintly ribbed longitudinally. Colour greenish white. Laid singly 
on grass. July. 
Elephant Hawk Moth. — Chterocampa (Dup.) elpenor (L .) — 
Page 15. Eggs flat, green, ovoid, devoid of sculpture. Laid 
in July on bedstraw, willow herb, fuchsia, etc , usually near water. 
Poplar Hawk Moth. — Smerinthus (Latr.) populi(L.) — Page 
16. Male. Eggs flat, green, nearly smooth. Laid in May and June 
on leaves of poplar, and more rarely on sallow. Usually singly or in 
pairs. 
Green Silver Lines Moth. — Hyiop/tiia ( Hb.) prashtana (L.) — 
Page 17. Eggs upright with conspicuous vertical ribs. When 
mature the colour is deep ruby red in the centre, but the outer 
covering remains transparent. Laid in May and June on the leaves 
of many trees, su^h as oak, beech, hazel, etc. 
Buff Ermine Moth. — Spilosoma ( Stph .) lubricipeda (L.) Page 
18. Female above, male below. Eggs upright, nearly spherical 
with flattened base, smooth, pale greenish white, turning greyish 
when about to hatch. This is in great part due to the black hairs of 
the larva inside showing through the shell as a dark ring. Laid in 
large batches in June and July on the leaves of a large variety of 
plants and shrubs. 
Common Vapourer Moth.— Orgyia (Och.) antiques ( L.) — 
Page 19. Male above, female below (wingless). Eggs upright, 
nearly spherical, depressed at top around micropyle. Stone colour 
with dark patch in centre, and a ring of same colour. Smooth, or 
nearly so, under low power magnification. Laid in large batches 
on the outside of the cocoon, which contained the chrysalis of the 
mother, and may be found under the coping of walls and fences, and 
on the trunks and branches of most trees during the winter, 
September to March. 
Lackey Moth. — Malacosoma (Hb.) mustria ( L.) — Page 20. 
Female above, male below. Eggs upright, smooth, pale buff with 
brown markings, laid in a compact and tight ring around the twigs 
of blackthorn or whitethorn, and firmly cemented together with a 
black asphalt like substance. August to March. 
Drinker Moth. — Cosmotriche (Hb.) potatoria (L.). — Page 2r. 
Female above, male below. Eggs flat, ovoid, shell finely pitted all 
over, pz’e greenish white with darker greenish grey markings. 
Usually laid a few at a time on grass and low herbage in July, but 
may be found on posts and fences occasionally. 
Puss Moth. — -Dicranura (Bdv.) vinula (L.) — Page 22. Eggs 
upright, bunshaped, surface rough, colour reddish brown, somewhat 
paler in centre and below. Laid singly or in pairs on upper surface 
of leaves of poplar, willow, sallow, etc. May and June. Two empty 
eggshells laid sideways are shown in the photograph to give a 
better idea of the shape. 
Buff-tip Moth. — ['haler a (Hb.) bucephala (L.) — Page 23, 
female. Eggs upright, nearly spherical, flattened below, surface 
roughened, pale bluish white with dark central spot and dark 
underneath. Laid in large batches on the underside of leaves of 
lime, elm, beech, birch, etc. May to July. 
