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slender in the (^, stouter in the ? , it has nothing remarkable in its form 

 save that beyond the wing-covers, the abdomen tapers gradually in the 

 ^ , more obtusely in the $ , and the moveable rings are deeply cut, the 

 tip of the abdomen is surrounded with about twelve exceedingly 

 minute curly-tipped bristles, which take a firm hold of the silk lining. 



One pupated openly on the surface of the earth, attaching its tail 

 to a leaf of the plant, and this enabled me to see that for some time 

 its colour was of a light greenish-ochreous, afterwards it was light 

 brownish, and still later it turned very dark brown ; it was glossy from 

 first to last. 



The moths were bred on August 11th, 12th, 17th, and September 

 13th, 1883. 



Notes on Depressaria hadiella. — I am indebted to Mr. Stainton for the chance 

 of making a few remarks on Mr. Buckler's life-history of Depressaria badiella. 

 And first as to the circumstances which led him to depart from his usual rule of not 

 describing or figuring the larvae of Tineina. I had taken Botys Jlavalis freely at 

 Freshwater in August, 1881. Mr. Buckler was very anxious to have the larvse of 

 this species, and so, being equally keen to find it myself, I ran over to Freshwater 

 on May 27th, 1882. The only result of a close search was the finding of a few email 

 larvae of JDep. hadiella. These 1 felt sure were the right larvse. Neither Mr. Buck- 

 ler nor I bred any moths from this lot ; but, on July 3rd, 1883, I was able to find a 

 pupa and several large larvoe, so that we were both successful in rearing some 

 moths. From the first Mr. Buckler told me that the larvse were not Pyrales, but 

 Tortrices or Tineina. I think there could hardly be a better illustration of his kind- 

 liness and great unwillingness to throw cold water on the hopes of a correspondent, 

 than is shown in the fact that, in spite of his knowledge that these larvse did not 

 come within the scope of his studies, he, on two occasions, took charge of them, 

 beside figuring and describing them with his usual minute care. 



Next, two small points in the life-history seem to require notice. Mr. Buckler 

 alludes to the larvse making a transparent blotch, while I find it by the dark brown 

 marks, on the leaf of the food-plant. Mr. Buckler, no doubt, refers to the immediate 

 result of the feeding of the larva, I to the more distant, when the milky juice of 

 the plant has produced a brown stain on the wounded leaf. The " odd shape " of 

 the pupa mentioned in the extract from my letter has reference to the difference 

 between the flattened pupa of a Depressaria and the expected cylindrical one of a 

 Botys.— \N. H. B. Fletcher, 6, The Steyne, Worthing : May 14th, 1884. 



NOTES ON THE DISCOVERY, BY MR. W. H. B. FLETCHER, OF THE 

 LARVA OF DEPRESSARIA BADIELLA. 



BY H. T. STAINTON, F.E.S. 



Last September I received from the late Mr. William Buckler a 

 Depressaria, on which he wished my opinion. 



He had received, from Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, some larvae which 



