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Eupoecilia notulana, Z. Along with the last species Dr. Wood 

 sent me some larvae of this, from which I took the following descrip- 

 tion : — 



Smooth, stout, nearly cylindrical, but with the segments slightly swollen in 

 front, inactive, naked, pale yellowish-green, greener when young, dorsal vessel visibly 

 brownish, spots indistinct, grey. Head and divided dorsal plate shining black, anal 

 segment and plate very pale brown. 



Feeding in October in stems of Mentha hirsuta, apparently entering 

 at a joint and working upwards, feeding on the pith, and leaving the 

 lower part of the burrow tightly packed with excrement. Hibernating 

 within the stem, and generally spinning up therein, but occasionally 

 deserting it to spin elsewhere. Pupa light brown, in a cocoon formed 

 of white silk and frass, forcing itself out before the moth emerges in 

 June. 



Lord Walsingham found larva? of this species feeding in the same 

 manner in stems of Lycopus europceus at Wicken Fen. The moth in 

 this case emerged in July. 



Eupoecilia ciliella, Hub. Through the kindness of my old friend 

 Mr. Sang, I have been enabled to secure a description of the larva 

 of this species, which I append, as it differs slightly from those already 

 published : — 



Plump, sluggish, shining, shortly tapering at the anal extremity, white, with 

 hardly visible spots, naked, except a few hairs towards the hinder end, head and 

 dorsal plate shining jet-black, anal plate very small, pale brown, on the back of the 

 ninth segment is a distinct reddish-brown internal blotch. When full-grown it 

 becomes tinged with pink. 



Feeding in August on the seeds of the cowslip {Primula veris), 

 leaving the seed vessels, when full-grown, and spinning up in hollow 

 sticks or dead stems, where it hibernates, assuming the pupa state in 

 the spring. Pupa light brown, with darker brown wing-sheaths, pro- 

 truding from the cocoon before the moth emerges — in June. 



Argyrolepia zepliyrana, Tr. Larva one-third of an inch in length, 

 broadest at the second and third segments, and tapering to the anal 

 extremity, with segments deeply divided and ridged, yellow, spots 

 barely visible, hairs minute, head rather broad, pale brownish, with a 

 brown line in front of each eye enclosing the mouth, which is dark 

 brown, plates shining pale yellow. In the autumn and winter, in the 

 stems of Daucus carota, eating out the pith and filling the space with 

 frass, still feeding in the dead stems, or working back through the 

 frass, as late as April, and spinning a very slight brownish cocoon in 

 the tightly packed mass of frass in the stem. Pupa very pale yellowish- 

 brown, extruded from the stem, and often falling out when the moth 

 emerges — in June. 



For the opportunity of describing this and the following species, 

 I am indebted to a kind friend who collected them for me in Cam- 

 bridgeshire. 



