1884.; 70 



•f the back ; the general colour is from the sheen of the surface 

 (uzzliug to describe, bronzy-invisible-green-black being the combina- 

 ion of words which suggested itself to three or four careful observers, 

 he hinder segments having rather a paler tint; the head deep chestnut- 

 ed, the collar deeper red and edged narrowly in front with black, the 

 nal plate reddish but paler than the head, sometimes with a yellowish 

 int : there is a double dorsal thread to be seen with a lens under the 

 kin, being probably the borders of the dorsal vessel ; the spiracles, 

 Vhich, except the first and last, are small, are oval in outline, flat, and 

 uite unprotected by any fold, and are of the same colour as the ground ; 

 he usual dots, which are hard to detect, are slightly darker than the 

 kin, and each has a fine hair w^hich shines golden in the sunlight, the 

 rapezoidals are arranged very slightly out of the square position, and 

 he microscope detects several obsolete tubercles near them, as well 

 s little rows of glittering foveolae, which are very curious, and perhaps 

 idicate the attachments of the muscles at a series of points. 



The. larva spins a tough web of white silk for the lining of its 



ocoon, the outside of which is stuck all over with bits of the straw 



nd husks, among which it has lived ; externally it measures about 15 



im. by 10 mm., the chamber within being about 12 mm. by 4 mm. ; 



le pupa is 11 mm. long, cylindrical, all the outlines rounded, the 



ing-cases short and rounded, the abdomen rounded at the end, having 



lere a very short blunt spike furnished with four curl-topped spines; 



ae skin rather glossy, the colour pale mahogany-brown on the back, 



' aler on the under-surface, the anal tip and spike dark brown. 



i j In the newly bred moth the paler markings of the fore-wings have 



1 uite a pretty pinkish tinge on them ; but in speaking of this point, as 



;ell as of the coloration of the various parts of the larva, I cannot 



elp feeling the want of that certainty with which I used to rely on 



If. Buckler's unerring judgment in such matters, as well as that pic- 



iiresqueness of detail generally, which used to invest the larvae he 



escribed with quite a personality of their own. 



If. 5 



Exeter : 4ith August, 1884. 



The " JEntomologische Nachrichteny — This useful " fortnightly," now in its 



iw t)th year, lately showed signs of irregularity in appearance, and of falling off in the 



f}; Uality of its contents. It has become the property of Messrs. Friedlander & Sohn, 



u i|id is now edited by Dr. F. Karsch, of Berlin. We think there are already indi- 



. |tions of groat improvement. — Eds. 



