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on tlie other baud, he has one example with the usual first 

 and second lines quite distinct and dark. 



On the wing in July, but in early seasons before the end 

 of June; and on one such occasion Mr. Richardson has 

 reared a specimen of a partial second generation in Sep- 

 tember. 



Larva about an inch in length, tapering a little toward 

 each end, but especially to the head, which is less than 

 one-half the breadth of the middle segments, and rather flat- 

 tened, also somewhat polished, pale brown ; the ground colour 

 varies a little in tint, and may be described as putty-coloured, 

 with a tinge of green, especially between the segments ; dorsal 

 and anal plates very similar, but a little more polished, also 

 more distinctly marked, the longitudinal lines rather broken 

 up into dots ; these lines are dark purplish-brown, and con- 

 sist of a dorsal line (a little darker than the rest) and five 

 slightly wavy lines on each side at equal distances from 

 each other ; of these the fourth contains the si^iracles, and 

 the fifth lies along the skinfold below ; there is also a 

 medio-ventral line, and the prolegs and under surface are 

 more or less marked with the same colour ; spiracles and 

 raised dots ringed with dark brown ; bristles pale brown ; 

 booklets dark brown. (N. M. Richardson.) 



August till May, on Inula crithmoidcs (golden samphire), 

 feeding on the young shoots and the leaves ; hiding in a sort 

 of nest of silken web, within which it forms a silken tube as 

 a habitation, and thickens this for hybernation. 



In the spring it seeks fresh food, and forms another 

 nest. (N. M. R.) 



Pita about five lines long and very smooth and neat, the 

 limbs closely compacted together ; the antenna and wing 

 cases extend to the end of the ninth segment, leaving the 

 remaining four segments free ; anal segment rather blunt, 

 and has about six small, short, hooked, wire-like processes; 



