282 I.EI'IDOI'TF.KA. 



rected, of ei|nal diameter witli the l)rjily, whitish-irreen : the 

 face variously marked witli clear brown, which colour is 

 soi/ietiines confined to the sides, sometimes pervades nearly 

 the whole face ; l)ody di'licately i.'-reen with a series of hrown 

 spots as a ilorsal line ; on the middle of the nndersurface is 

 a slemh'r conspicuous white stripe, first and second pair of 

 legs green tinged with brown, third paii' lii-uwn. with a 

 brown dash behind each ; venti'al ])rolegs pale green with an 

 exterior tinge of brown : anal prolegs having a double lateral 

 oblicpie stripe ]TOinting towards the back, the anterior half 

 of this stripe white, the posteri(jr half pnrple-ljrown. ( K. 

 Newman.) ..Mr. Buckler's figures show a purple-brown 

 dorsal stripr from the head down the thoracic segments: and 

 a niw of larure or small jiurple spots upon the sides. 



duly, and a second generation in the south, in .\ugi;st and 

 iSeptend)er; on EpUohlv m aiifjii-itifdHn m. E. hir^iutinn, E. mon- 

 /irniiiii, and doubtless other species of willow-herb; also upon 

 C'irrdit lufeliana (Enchanter's nightshade), feeding princi- 

 pally at night and remaining n])on it.s food plant by day, 

 stiflly extended, ;if an angle with its liinder segments. It 

 bears a close resendilance to the seed vessel of Epilobium ; 

 and seeius to have a queer liabit of oscillating backwards 

 and forwards if disturbed. Formerly supposed to feetl on 

 aspen, but for this there was aiiparently no ground. 



V\\\\ rather stout. win<>'-covers and abdomen very fully 

 r.iuiided, the segmental divisions but little noticeable; head 

 rather sipiared in front, limb and antenna-cases not con- 

 spicuous; a very compact pupa and of wonderful colouring, 

 like a bit of rounded nuilachite ; shining dark green; limb 

 and antenna-cases edged with fine black lines; wing-covers 

 beautifully veined with dull black ; a variable black stripe 

 from the heatl down the dorsal region to. the anal s]iike ; at 

 the back of the wing-covers is a row of black spots wduch 

 becomes a double row on the abdominal segments ; cremaster 

 conical, pink. In a loose network cocoon among rubbish on 



