« LEPIDOPTERA. 



I.AKVA moderately stout, i-li<rlitly thickest in the middle, 

 and ta|iering i,'radnrilly to the head, which is rather Hat and 

 small ; almost without ornamentation, and of a nearly uni- 

 i'orm warm stone-colour; dorsal line obscurely indicated by 

 t wo tine parallel lines of faint grey ; subdorsal lines by 

 broken and indistinct rows of grey dots, most distinct on 

 the tenth, eleventli and twelfth segments ; under a lens the 

 wiiole dorsal area is seen to be covered with tine transverse 

 wrinkles, which under a higher power apjiear very like the 

 ridges of corduroy, such as is used for workmen's trousers ; 

 spiracular line Tuarked by a jiroduced and wrinkled skinfold, 

 which toward the head appears almost fringed, and to which 

 jjortions of yellow petals, or rather florets, often adhere ; 

 abdomen and prolegs of the same uniform stone-colour, with 

 a faint indication of a double row of dark spots, two or four 

 on each seiiinent. (W. H. Tugwell.) 



August till -May or .lune; on witliered llowers of Crcpis 

 riirna, Sa/u/cija ri/rjmnid, i'ivris /licrccwidcs, Ajxi/'f/i" 

 aiif/'/ii/i('li>s, dandelion, coltsfoot, Galiivni rirum, and other 

 herbaceous plants, rejecting the leaves and the fresh flowers, 

 if those withered are at hand, but preferring these last when 

 sprinkled with water, liofmann says on A/sint. Larviv do 

 not seem to liave been found at large, but only reared from 

 the egg, and the actual favourite food plant in a state of 

 nature is still doubtful. JMr. Tugwell found that a few of 

 those iu his possession fed up rapidly in artificial warmth 

 and ])roduced a somewhat unexpected second generation 

 of the moths, which however did not emerge until 

 December. 



I'l'l'A three-eighths of an inch in length, of the usual 

 ligure, with a small rounded anal projection furnished with 

 four due curly -topped bristles, two of them shorter than the 

 others; colour light chestnut-brown, with dark-brown anal 

 tip ; the surface rather shining. (W. i?uckler.) In an 

 oi)enwo;k cocoon, through which it can readily be seen, 



