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the edge, so that the chief strands of the iibro-vascular tVaiue- 

 work are left exactly as they are when a snail has been at 

 work. He goes on to say that when it becomes larger it 

 presents, when at rest, a striking resemblance to the excre- 

 ment of a bird ; it is still dark-coloured, but possesses a series 

 of markings along the sides which are shown irregularly in 

 the twists and curves of the attitude assumed. His full 

 remarks upon this and the allied species, which are of great 

 interest, may be found in the Proceedings of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London for 1881. 



Pupa most curiously truncate in front, exactly as though 

 sharply and squarely cut off, the shoulders of the wings 

 sharply angled at the same level ; limb and antenna-covers 

 closely compacted, minutely roughened or granulated, and 

 the latter showing, indistinctly, traces of the pectinations ; 

 wing-covers glistening from minute cross-sculpture on the 

 shining surface, through which the nervures stand out in 

 ridges ; dorsal surface dull with abundant fine granulations ; 

 two black dots close to the dorsal line at the back of the 

 head, and two more, distinct bnt wide apart, half-way down 

 the thoracic portion ; remainder dusted with black, the 

 general colour being either pale brown or green ; abdominal 

 segments regularly tapering but elongated, minutely pitted, 

 but glossy and scarcely roughened ; cremaster thick, but 

 hollowed beneath, long and blunt, terminated by a bunch of 

 minute hooked bristles; brown. Attached, like those of the 

 other species, to a silken film or carpet, by these bristles 

 and a silken thread drawn across the back. 



The moth is to be obtained occasionally, though rarely, 

 by beating hedges at the outsides of woods, or the under- 

 growth within, but is usually scarce in the perfect state. It 

 flies at dusk, but is hardly ever taken at that time, or at 

 night unless attracted b}^ a strong light. The very large 

 majority of specimens in collections have been reared in 

 confinement, and most of them from the ^^%\ indeed, scarce 



