f) [.lunu, 



A. Ground colour on biu-k dark purplisii-gi'ey, w ith a doi'.sal I'ow of 



seven As pointing forwards on segments 5-11, and sometimes an 

 eighth and ninth A — but small and imperfect — on segments 4 and 

 'S ; these marks are outlined by very dark velvety brown lines, and 

 of the space enclosed by them the apex is pale yellow, and the 

 base pale rose-red, the dorsal line appearing here as a short stripe 

 of deeper opaque red; on segments 2, 3, 12, and 13, the dorsal line 

 is continuous and dark reddish ; the head darker than the ground, 

 and freckled ; the belly dull reddish-brown ; the spiracular region 

 tinged with ochreous ; the small round spiracles blackish. 



B. Ground colour rather subdued green, with the dorsal markings 



rather brighter than in A ; the head freckled with brownish ; 

 belly pale green ; spiracular line ochreous. 



C. Ground colour pale olive-green, but varied with a suffusion of dark 



rich red on either side of the back, most intense where it touches 



the pale yellowish spiracular line ; the belly dull greenish. 



The pupa, enclosed in a very slight cocoon on the surface of the 

 eoil, is barely half-inch long, smooth and cylindrical, tapering off 

 gradually to the tail, which ends in a spike with a fine forked spine ; 

 the skin very glossy ; the colour pale golden-brown, darker towards 

 the tail. 



Some years ago I reared ccesiata from the egg, but preserved no 

 record of the egg, or young larva ; at that time I bred the moths in 

 the end of May and beginning of .Tune, but I do not know for certain 

 whether this shows there are two broods, or only that the moth has a 

 long flight ; Mr. J. Eatty, who has more than once sent me the larva>, 

 tells me he believes there is but one brood of moths, most abundant in 

 July ; anyhow, from these the larva; are hatched in August, feed 

 chiefly on whortleberry, but will also eat ling, hibei-nate, and do not 

 feed up till May, some even holding on till June. 



The larva when full grown is seven-eighths of an inch long, not so 

 stumpy to look at as rujicinctata, more cylindrical, tapei-ing less 

 rapidly to the head, which, however, is small and rounded ; the bristles 

 emitted by the dots shorter than in rujicinctata. In colour thei'e are 

 two varieties known to me : 



A. Ground colour on back deep red-chocolate ; a dorsal row of seven 

 A-< pointing forward on segments 5-11, with imperfect ones on 4 

 and 12, much resembling those of rujicinctata, being outlined with 

 dark brown, and the interior being also yellow in front and pink 

 behind, but they are both more extensive in size, and brighter in 

 lint; the segmental divisions are tinged with green; the dorsaj 

 line is almost couliiiuous, but varying in colour, being brownish- 



