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plant, they all died. Last autumn my friend Mr. Hellins 

 sent me some larvas which he had taken on the same plant 

 near Exeter, and I immediately recognized them as being the 

 same as those which I had previously found in Suffolk, and 

 from these Exeter larvae the foregoing descriptions were 

 taken. 



During the past year, I have, it will be seen from the ^ 

 preceding pages, been able to add six additional descriptions \ 

 of the larvae of British Eupithecice to those already published 1 

 (including two species entirely new to our English lists, and I 

 but little known on the Continent— £m/>. trisignata, H.-S., \ 

 and tripunctata, H.-S.) I have now drawings and descrip- | 

 tions of thirty-two species. Only twelve remain undescribed : j 

 Eup. consignataj pulchellata, pemotata, plumbeolata, pyg- \ 

 mcBafa, ege?iata, viminata, irriguataj indigata, subcUiata, l 

 togata, and dehiliata. I shall feel deeply indebted to any 1 

 entomologist at home or abroad who will send me eggs of 1 

 any of the above species during the ensuing season, and thus j 

 help me to complete my researches into the oeconomy of this i 

 most interesting group of insects. 



Eap. sue centur rata. I think that most entomologists who 

 have read the "Zoologist" for November, 1861, will agree ' 

 with me that this insect is entirely distinct from Subfulvata. ■ 

 I have, however, as yet never been able to breed it from the ■ 

 egg, and this is the only link wanting to complete an irre- 

 fragable chain of evidence. Will those entomologists who 

 live near the sea, and in whose neighbourhood Artemisia \ 

 vulgaris grows, do what they can to get me a batch of eggs j 

 next summer? The perfect insect appears in July, and may | 

 no dou!)t, like its congener Subfulvata, be taken freely by i 

 sugaring the heads of any tall flowers near where the food 

 plant grows. Subfulvata deposits its eggs freely if a sprig 



