1872.] 17 



In about a week's time, I found she had deposited about twenty eggs at the 

 junction of the footstalk of the k^af with the stem ; some were laid upon the next 

 year's bud, others upon the sheath-like covering of the footstalk. They were all 

 carefully pushed in and concealed from view, and could only be discovered by pulling 

 off the old leaf. They were at first whitish in colour, but turned red in a? few days. 



Diu'ing tlie first week in April, thirteen young larvaj hatched out, and, for a 

 few days, fed well on the young leaves of the maple ; but, before the ejid of the 

 month, with one exception, the whole brood died off. I have no doubt that the 

 cold, changeable, ungenial weather was too much for their delicate frames. 



The sole survivor has, I am happy to say, arrived at a healthy maturity, and, 

 after taking the descriptioii which I append, I have forwarded it to Mr. Buckler, of 

 Emsworth, who has promised to take its likeness in his usual life-like manner. 



" Short, of uniform bulk. Rests with the head slightly incurved. Ground 

 colour pale yellowish-green. Central dorsal line dark green, somewhat elliptically 

 enlarged at the centre of each segmental division. On each segment, on either 

 side of the dorsal line, a small, dark green spot. Sub-dorsal and spiracular lines 

 yellowish-white, waved, and indistinct. Belly without markings. Segmental divi- 

 sions yellowish. Tip of dorsal caudal segment whitish. "Wliole body more or less 

 translucent, and sparsely strewed with short, whitish hairs. 



"Hatched first week in April ; full-fed first week in May." 



I hope some one will send me eggs of E. 'pygnicEata and togata this year. 

 E. pernolata, egenata, and afflnitata (whatever this may be) will then be the only 

 British species of the genus of which the larvae are not known to me. — H. Haepuk- 

 Ceewe, Drayton-Beauchamp Rectory, Tring : May 3rd, 1872. 



[Our remarks concerning E. sitbciUata In the May No. {vide Vol. viii, p. 290) 

 were evidently prophetic, though we were scarcely prepared for so rapid a fulfilment 

 of the prophecy. — Eds.]. 



Description of the larva of Tephrosia consonaria. — On May 15th, 1871, I 

 received from Mr. H. W. Marsden, of Gloucester, a few eggs of this species ; they 

 were oval, and in colom* dull reddish-purple. In a fortnight, the young yellowish- 

 green larva3 emerged, and took readily to oak and birch. By June 23rd, a length of 

 about five-eighths of an inch had been attained, and the general colour was dark 

 brown, with a broad yellow double medio-dorsal stripe ; the head paler brown than 

 the gromid. On Jidy 25th, they were full-fed, and may be described as follows : — 



Length, nearly 1^ inches, and very slender in proportion ; head a little wider 

 than the second segment, globidar, rather flattened on the face, and very slightly 

 notched on the crown. Body nearly cylindrical, but slightly flattened on the dorsal, 

 and still more so on the ventral, surface. The segments overlap each other, and thus 

 render the divisions conspicuous. The usual dots slightly raised, and on the twelfth 

 segment appear as two slight humps ; the skin has a wrinkled appearance. 



The ground colour varies in different specimens from yellowish-green to yellowish- 

 brown ; head pale, thickly mottled with light or dark brown, according to the shade 

 of the ground of the body. A dark green pulsating vessel, bordered on each side 

 with yellowish-gi'een, forms the medio-dorsal stripe ; there are no perceptible sub- 

 dorsal or spiracular lines. The spiracles are white, encircled with black ; the slight 



