NOTES ON EUPITHECIA LARV^. 43 



Var. 2. Ground-colour pale yellowish-brown. Markings 

 similar to var. 1. 



Feeds on leaves, flowers and seeds oi Achillea millefolium. 

 In November, 1860, I took upwards of eighty larvae on this 

 plant in Bucks : some I sent to Mr. Hellins, the rest I kept 

 myself. From June 21st to July 31st, I bred about thirty 

 moths, all true E. suhfulvata. In two instances the bluish- 

 grey and red of the anterior wings was suffused in patches on 

 the disc, but with this slight exception, the thirty insects did 

 not vary at all. I have, with some slight alterations, repro- 

 duced my description of the larva of E. suhfulvata (see Ent. 

 Annual, 1861, p. 130), thinking that it may facilitate a 

 comparison of the distinctive characteristics of the two larvae. 



Succenturiata. Var. 1. Dull dark reddish-brown. Central 

 dorsal line dingy black, connecting a chain of dull black 

 inverted kite-shaped blotches, which become confluent on the 

 anterior and posterior segments. Sub-dorsal lines dusky, 

 slender, waved, uninterrupted, darker between the dorsal 

 blotches. Median dorsal blotches at some distance from 

 each other 5 border generally pale, centre dusky. Spiracular 

 line dirty w'hite, interrupted. Head bordered by a reddish 

 line. Belly dusky at the edges, pinkish white in the middle. 

 Central ventral line blackish. Back and sides sprinkled with 

 a few reddish hairs. General appearance dingy. 



Var. 2. Pale reddish-brown. Central dorsal line and 

 blotches dingy olive. Sub-dorsal lines dusky, very indis- 

 tinct. In other respects resembling var. 1. 



Var. 3. Ground-colour dark, dingy olive. In other re- 

 spects like var. 1. Pupa enclosed in an earthen cocoon, 

 resembling in most points that of E. suhfulcata. 



Some four years ago I met with this larva on the banks of 

 the Stour, near Ipswich, Suffolk, feeding on leaflets of 

 Artemisia vulgaris. I left the locality immediately after- 

 wards, and, being unable to obtain a fresh supply of the food- 



