12 [June, 



tapering a little forwards froui the 5tli, and the 13th sloping rapidly ; the skin soft 

 and velvety ; the ground colour deep purplish-pink, dorsal line ochreous-brown boldly 

 outlined with blackish, but interrupted on the fore-part of each segment by a reddish- 

 brown triangular mark ; this triangle is met on either side by a thick black wedge- 

 shaped mark, below which again comes the continuous bright yellowish-white sub- 

 dorsal line ; this line is thin on the thoracic segments, but beyond them widens in 

 such a manner that the widest part of it on each segment is near the end of the 

 above-mentioned black wedges, and the whole line is finely edged with black through- 

 out ; the side is similar in colour to the back, but very much obscured by dark reddish- 

 brown freckles, and with a short blackish streak slanting downwards on each segment ; 

 the spiracles oval and blackish ; the sub-spiracular stripe yellowish white suffused 

 beneath each spiracle with red, and delicately freckled with red along the middle ; 

 the belly and legs dark purplish-brown, the head also of this colour, with darker 

 reticulations. 



After the final moult, the length became abo\it seven-eighths of an inch, with 

 the colouring much as before, except that the sub-dorsal line had become thinner, 

 only just visible on the thoracic segments, and on the others much attenuated at each 

 end, but still continuous. In about ten days from the final moult, the full length 

 was attained of somewhat over one inch and a quarter, the figure being slender for a 

 Noctua ; the ventral legs now all of one size ; the bulk uniform : in general effect 

 the appearance was less dark than before, though the details still remained the same, 

 only the pale sub-spiracular sti'ipe had become still more obscured by red and brown 

 freckles ; the tubercular dots of the back not noticeable, being situate within the 

 black wedges : the spiracles now ochreous-brown finely outlined with, black, and each 

 placed on an unfreckled spot of the paler ground colour ; the belly mulberry colour ; 

 the whole surface velvety, except the head, which is hard and shining, and of a 

 reddish-brown colour with darker reticulation, and a blackish streak down the front 

 of each lobe. 



The pupa, which lies exposed, is rather more than half an inch in length, smooth 

 and rounded in figure, with the abdomen tapering off rather quickly, and ending in 

 a blunt spite ; very glossy, and in colour black, the segmental divisions being at first 

 reddish. — J. Hellins, Exeter : February, 187G. 



Description of the larva, iSfc, of Anarta cordigera. — The eggs which I received 

 from Mr. Carrington on June 8th, 1875, were laid on June Ist, and the laiwa? hatched 

 on the 12th ; meanwhile I had received from Mr. Buckler another supply of eggs, or 

 rather newly-hatched larvae, on the 10th, wliich had been sent him by Dr. F. Buchanan 

 White. The young larvae ate at first Luzula pilosa, Arbutus tinedo, and Arbutus 

 uva-ursi, the last kindly supplied by Dr. White ; but after a time they were quite 

 content with young leaves of A. unedo, and preferred them to those of A. uva-ursi, 

 although I had been at the trouble of obtaining a fine growing plant from Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Chelsea, in order to give them fresh tender leaves. 



Both broods of larva; grew and kept pace with those of meJanopa, by July 

 3rd having become nearly three-quarters of an inch long, and by the IGtli being full- 

 fed, and returning to earth about the 23rd. 



The egg is about the size of that of melanopa, but not so globular ; witli about 



