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 INSECTS cester, September ; scarce (T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); Worcester, 1900 (G. D. Han- cock) ; by mothing in gardens (Fletcher) Acherontia atropos, L. Worcestershire, fairly common, 1899 and 1900 ; larvse in potato fields (Fletcher) Smerinthus populi, L. ' — ocellatus, L. > Common Dilina tiliae, L. ) 8. NOTODONTIDiE Pygasra pigra, Hufn. Seddon from pupa and one at Malvern (W.E., E. & T. p. 9) ; Trench Woods (Fletcher) — curtula, L. Monk Wood (G. D. Hancock) ; St. "John's (W, H. Edwards) ; among poplars in lanes, etc. (I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; Seddon from pupae (E. & T. p. 9) Notodonta ziczac, L. Foregate Street, August 18, 1895 ; Monk Wood, July 31, 1899 ; St. John's (W. H. Edwards) — dromedarius, L. Foregate Street, June i o, 1896; Monk Wood, 1900 ; Wyre Forest (Fletcher) Drymonia dictaeoides, Esp. Foregate Street, May 18, June 10, 1896 ; one at Might' (Fletcher); Wyre Forest (J. Peed) — tremula, CI. Perry Wood, August 16, 1895 ; Foregate Street, June 2, 8, 1896; Grimley, near Old Hills, not common (W. H, Edwards) — trepida,Esp. Scarce (T.M.N.F.C. p. 180); Cowleigh{W.'E.,^. &T. p. 9, I.N.H.W. p. 141) — trimacula, Esp. Wyre Forest, two (W. H. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) ; of rare occurrence (E. & T. p. 9) ; pupa dug, Grimley (G. D. Hancock) — chaonia, Hb. One pupa by digging (Fletcher) Stauropus fagi, L. Wyre Forest, June, 1899, June, 1900 ; Monk Wood, uncommon (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) ; Nunnery Wood, very rare (I.N.H.W. p. 141) Pterostoma palpina, L. Generally distributed Odontosia camelina, L. Wyre Forest, June 26, 1898 ; Monk Wood, larva, October 8, 1900 ; Leigh Sinton (W. H. Edwards) — cuculla, Esp. Blackmore Park (W.E., E. & T. p. 9) Cerura vinula, L. Common — bifida, Hb. Foregate Street, May 30, 1897; Henwick, lamps, May 30, 1896 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179); arv3£, St. John's (W. H. Edwards) ; one larva, Wyre Forest (Fletcher) — furcula, L. (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) ; very rare (E. & T. p. 8) ; Bewdley Forest (I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; larvs, St. John's (W. H. Edwards) ; two larvas, Peg- House Wood (Fletcher) Cerura bicuspis, Bkh. Pupae cases on alder near Malvern (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) Phalera bucephala, L. Common 9. SATURNIADiE Saturnia pavonia, L. Larvas, Wyre Forest, June 5, 1897 ; Worcester, W. Wood's garden. May, 1900 ; Bilberry Hills, Broadheath ; abundant in the larva state near Malvern, 1869 (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 179); Perry Woods and other woods near Worcester (A. Ed- munds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 184) ; Cowleigh Park and Quest Hills (E. & T. p. 12) III. LASIOCAMPINA I. DREPANIDiE Cilix glaucata, Sc. Common Falcaria lacertinaria, L. Wyre Forest, June 1 3, 1898, June 10, 12, 17, 19, 26, 1899; Monk Wood (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) — falcataria, L. Common Drepana binaria, Hufn. Bransford, May 11, 14, 1895 ; Perry Wood, May 21, 1895; Monk Wood, May 17, 1896, and Trench Woods — cultraria, F. Malvern, not uncommon (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179, Rev. E. C. Dobr^e Fox, E. & T. p. 12) 2. ENDROMIDIDiE Endromis versicolor, L. Wyre Forest, April 3, 1897, April 21, 1898, April 16, 23, 1900 3. LASIOCAMPIDiE Lasiocampa quercus, L. Common Eriogaster populi, L. Generally distributed, larvae and pupae secured, images at ' light ' — lanestris, L. Larvae in webs often ob- served, imago occasionally ; Bransford, Grimley, Trench Woods and Wyre Forest — rubi, L. Hartlebury Common, June 9, 1898 ; Wyre Forest, 1897 ; Craycombe Banks, 1898 ; Bransford Bridge, 1 900 ; Lathe Hill, Broadheath — cratagi, L. Middleyards (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179, I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; Wyre Forest, 1898 (W. H. Edwards); larva on hawthorn (Fletcher) Clisiocampa neustria L. | Common Odonestis potatoria, L. J Gastropacha quercifolia, L. Larvae, Worces- ter, 1895 ; Hartlebury Common, ]xy 13, 1900 ; Tiddesley Wood, fairly common ; Sinton Green (Fletcher)