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Marbled Beauty Moth. — Bryophila (Tr.) pctla (Ft.). — Pa£re 
24. The white form shown on the right is a rare one in the 
collection of C. W. Colthmp, Esq. Eggs upright, nearly globular but 
flattened, and with conspicuous vertical ribs. White with deep red 
blotches. Laid on old walls amongst the lichens, etc., on which the 
larva feeds. J uly and August. 
Poplar Grey Moth. — Acronicta ( Och .) megacephala (Fb . ) — 
Page 25. Eggs upright, very shallow, pale whitish green with 
chocolate spots, and a transparent outer covering with faint vertical 
ribs. Laid on poplar leaves June and July. 
Dark Arches Moth. — HaStna (Schranck) itionoglvpha (Hu/n.) 
— Page 26. Male above, female below. Eggs upright, globular, 
flattened, pale semitransparent greenish white, with very faint 
vertical ribs, are small for so large an insect. Laid inside the 
leaf sheath on grass stems in batches. August. 
Cabbage Moth.— Mamestta {Och.) brassicee (L.) — Page 27. 
Female. Eggs upright, bunshaped, yellowish white, with spot and 
ring pale purple, ribbed vertically. Laid in batches under the 
leaves of cabbages, etc. June to August. A garden pest. 
Treble Lines Moth.— Grammcsia (Stph.) trigrant mica (Hufti.) 
— Page 28. The lower figure is the variety v. bilinea (Hb.). Eggs 
upright, bunshaped, whitish, with central spot and ring yellowish 
brown, and many vertical ribs. Laid in confinement on plantain 
leaves in June. 
Heart and Dart Moth. — Agt otis (Och.) cxclamationis (/..) — 
Page 29. Eggs upright, nearly spherical, brownish white, with 
central blotch and irregular outer ring purple red, and many vertical 
ribs. Laid on leaves and stems of turnips, cabbages, and other 
similar plants in July and August. 
Square Spot Rustic Moth. — Agrotis {Och.) xanthographa 
{Fb.) — Page 30. Eggs upright, rather conical, dirty whitish, with 
central patch and outer ring dull red, ribbed vertically. On grass, 
dock, and other low plants in August and September. 
Large Yellow Underwing Moth. — Agrotis {Och.) pronuba 
(L .) — Page 31. Eggs upright, rather conical, and very small for 
so large a moth. Are white when laid but turn purplish gray when 
about to hatch and are very boldly ribbed vertically. Laid in very 
large batches (sometimes amounting to nearly a thousand eggs) on 
any convenient position. I have found them in my own garden on 
the leaves of privet and rose and also the tendril of a passion flower 
and a twig of a dead conifer. July and August. 
Copper Underwirtg Moth. — Antphipyra (Och.) pyramidta 
(L .).~ Page 32. Eggs upright, bunshaped, reddish brown in colour. 
Very beautifully sculptured with bold vertical ribs. Laid in small 
batches on twigs of oak, birch, etc., in September and October and 
do not hatch until the following spring. 
Gothic Moth. — Nacnia {Stph.) typica ( L.) — Page 33. Eggs 
upright, rather conical, pale whitish yellow with a small dark 
spot in centre, which is probably the head of the latva showing 
through the shell. Not very boldly ribbed vertically. Were found 
in a large hatch on a leaf of iris in August. 
Common Quaker Moth. — Ttrniocampa ( Gtt.) stabitis ( i'i/w.) 
— Page 34. Eggs upright, conical, pale green when laid and turn 
gradually to dark slatcy colour as they mature Sculptured with a 
great many vertical ribs. Were laid in a batch on oak in April. 
Beaded Chestnut Moth. — Orthosia {Och.) pistacina (Fb.) — 
Page 33. Eggs upright, nearly globular, flattened at base. Pale 
yellow when laid, turning gradually pinkish with fine markings of 
