1,^2 [Juiiuary, 



deeply wrinkled below tlie spiracles. Head bright chestnut, dorsal 

 plate greenish in front, pale brown behind, anal plate blackish. 



But here again is a discrepancy. 



Hofmann quotes Von Hornig's description of the larva of hince- 

 vella, H.-S. : — "Dirty reddish-grey, with dark brown dorsal stripe, two 

 " small black dots on each segment, and interrupted dark brown longi- 

 " tudinal stripes. Head dark brown, the dorsal plate somewhat darker' 

 " divided by a paler line. In May mid June, in the heads of Carduus 

 " acantlioidesr 



Clearly we have more to learn about these species ! 



The larva of Rhodophcea adveneUa, Zincken. — On June Gth, I 

 beat an exceedingly pretty larva from hawthorn : cylindrical, mode- 

 rately stout, light pea-green, with bright purplish-pink sub-dorsal 

 stripes, head pale brown, eyes darker, plates green, the purple-pink 

 stripes being continued upon the dorsal plate. It spun a tough silken 

 cocoon attached to a dead leaf, in which it became a chestnut-brown 

 pupa, and, after lying in pupa about a month, the moth emerged on 

 July 15th. 



The description of this larva, quoted by Dr. Hofmann from 

 Zincken and Treitschke, is: — "Naked, spindle-shaped, of a beautifid 

 " green, with red-brown lateral lines, head red-brown. In May and 

 " June, in the flowers of Hawthorn. Pupating in the earth in a 

 " slicjlit web." 



Tlie larva of Itliodopli(ea consociella, Hiibner.^ — In the middle of 

 June last, Mr. Hodgkinson sent me a few larvae of this species, found 

 by him at Arnside. They were not active ; cylindrical, with rather 

 long delicate bristles, veiy pale greenish-grey with dark green-grey 

 dorsal, and two sub-dorsal, stripes. Head and dorsal plate large, pale 

 yellowish-brown with grey dots, the plate being semi-circular in form, 

 anal plate hardly distinguishable. Drawing together leaves of oak, 

 gnawing away the under surface and making a dense web among 

 them. Pupa light brown, in a silken cocoon, covered with frass, and 

 fixed to the surface of a leaf or to the web. 



I remember similar larvae in the soiith of England, and, as they 

 have been before described and are well known, am only induced to 

 note these particulars because Prof. Zeller has described the larva, in 

 the " Isis," as : — " sulphur-yelloiv, with fine hroivn longitudinal lines and 

 " small black raised dots." The other particulars agree so well that I 

 think the larva of this species must vary considerably in colour. 



The larva of Ephestia cinerosella, Z. (artemisiella, St., Man.). — I 

 found larva) of this species in the stems and root-stocks of Artemisia 



