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quite so far advanced as tbose in my possession, I'"* -^ ' on fresh 

 L Fletcher's own stoch, which had been feeding aU a^ong o, 

 food : in May and June they all became pup. ^l^^^.X moths, 

 ten days of June and the first week of July I bied se 

 Mr pLcher's moths appearing rather later; and on July l^t^i 

 S;e! some eggs obtained by Mr. ^^^^^^^^ZT^ T^I 

 probably the imago has rather an f^^^'f^^l^^Xr. the first/ 

 add here that the newly-hatched larvee of this sea on t 

 ate withered leaves as readily as those freshly gathered^ 



Where or how the moths deposit their eggs we do n t know my 



r::!;- rr^etche^r found them ;--- -xi: 



a.«.«««« and P,..^/.™- during a gale = P *j;*; ^^;^, ;,^ lline^ 

 on the under-side of the lowest leaves It i ™""«^'^; "J ^^^ J 



flat, and soft looking ; the shell thin, glistening, and "^^^'^^^^^^^ 

 over the slightly convex upper surface ; m colour yellowish , 

 diameter about H mm., the shorter diameter ^ mm. 



The newly-hatched larva is yellowish in colour, with dark hea 



and collar, slender, w.th the segments well 'defined ; it at OB- P^^^^^^ 



silken covering, under which it feeds ; it grows awaj through Augu 



and September I have just now (October 8th) measured one whi. 



:' i e iTmm. long, slender in figure, viewed from above pre ty w, 



:X1 il bulk, extpt that the first segments taper shghly V 



ritays the front segments and head are seen to taper considerabi 



he skin is very glistening and translucent, the colour a pale but wa 



atber the food showing through blackish in whatever region o^^ 



•rternal vessels it happens to be ; the head very shining, of light . 



to the collar on second segment large, brown, its pa e median 



ed^dttralmostblackish-brown; the usual dots small,bl^^^^^^^^^^^ 



on arge glittering warts darker than the skm, those on th d . 

 Lth'darker than the rest ; spiracles indistinct ; ^^^^J"^^ ''^l 



larvae of Pyralid^ generally, it lives quietly enough on or amon 



fid! but is very active when disturbed, wriggling and jumping b. 



wards or forwards with agility. 



The full-fed larva is about 19 mm. in length with proport 

 Biuch as before, slender, being stoutest at segment 8, with the 

 tapering each way slightly in a curve, the heaa — -r^^a"^ " 

 2 the skin at last less translucent, but st,U very glittering , gei 



