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darker than the otouikI colour. When yoiino: the ground 

 colour is iireenish-white. Feeds on liowers and seeds of"^ 

 Valeriana officifnilis, in woods and osier beds. Full-fed from i 

 the middle of July till the end of August. During the two | 

 past summers I have met with this larva in Bucks, Here- i 

 fordshire and Dorsetshire. My friends Messrs. Hellins and. 

 Greene have by following my directions turned it up during; 

 the past summer in Devonshire and Derbyshire. Pupa \ 

 enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. Thorax and wing- i 

 eases bright green. Abdomen yellowish, tip and segm.ental | 

 divisions dull red. Perfect insect appears in May and June. ' 

 There seems to be no doubt that this insect is Eup. Valeria- 

 natay Hub. He figures the larva, which agrees with those | 

 I have taken. The name Viminata must, therefore, li 

 suppose sink. \ 



Description of the Larva of Err. indigata. 

 Long, slender, tapering considerably towards the head. 

 Ground colour pale greenish-yellow, or yellowish-red. j 

 Central dorsal line dusky reddish-brown or olive, frequently | 

 very faint or entirely evanescent, except on the capital seg-< 

 ments. Sub-dorsal lines pale yellow. Segmental divisions^ 

 and head reddish. Collar reddish-brown. Spiracular lineJ 

 pale yellow. Belly greenish-yellow. Central ventral line- 

 yellow ; sub -ventral ditto reddish-brown. I succeeded inij 

 rearing a few larvae of this species to full growth from eggsd 

 laid by moths sent me by Mr. Greening of Warrington. \ 

 They fed upon jvild juniper and ci/press. I have no doubt^j 

 that its natural food is Scotch Jir, upon the trunks of whichij 

 the moths are taken. I 



I have, as will be seen from the preceding pages, been j 

 able during the past year to add two new species of Eupi^\ 



