118 LEPIDOPTERA. 



St. John's Wood. I had the great pleasure and good for- 

 tune to discover the larva of E. campanulata myself, and 

 thus adding a new species to our British group. I have 

 also, during the past summer, been able to secure descrip- 

 tions of some very beautiful varieties of the larvae of E. 

 f'rixinata, Crewe, from a small brood, the produce of a pair 

 of moths bred in confinement. I append descriptions of the 

 above-named larvae, together with a few Eupithecian re- 

 marks, which I hope will not prove wearisome to the 

 readers of the ''Annual." Out of the forty-eight species of 

 Eiipithecia hitherto known to occur in Great Britain, I have 

 been fortunate enough to breed thirty-nine. 1 have taken 

 and published as accurate descriptions as I was able of the 

 larva?, and, through the kindness of my talented and pains- 

 taking friend Mr. Buckler of Emsworth, have secured most 

 faithful and life-like coloured drawings. The larvae only of 

 nine species remain undescribed, viz., E.coiisifjnata, Perno- 

 iata, Phrmheulata, Pijgmceata, Er/enata, Lrriguata, Sub- 

 ciliata, Torjata, and Affinitata. If my entomological 

 brethren at home and abroad will jointly put their shoulders 

 to the wheel, I see no reason -why we should not work out 

 the life-history of these nine remaining species during the 

 ensuing year. I have no doubt that as more attention is 

 paid to this hitherto much-neglected genus, many species 

 new to our British lists will keep turning up every year ; 

 indeed, I question whether the majority of the Continental 

 species are not natives of Great Britain. It is a most in- 

 tensely interesting family, and I am sure that every Entomo- 

 logist who takes up its study will most heartily join with me 

 in saying, " Long live the Pugs !" 



H. Harpur Crewe. 



The Rectory, 



iJKAlTON-BEAUCHAMP, TrING, 



October 25fh, 1S64. 



