122 LEPIDOPTERA. 



on larch and spruce fir. Full fed end of July. Mr. 

 Edward Hopley, who was fortunate enough to take this 

 insect this season in Surrey, sent me most kindly a few im- 

 prejjjnated eggs, from which I reared about ten Jarvae. 



Pupa enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. Rather long 

 and slender. Thorax yellowish-olive. Wing-cases deep- 

 green. Abdomen yellowish-green, tinged with red. Abdo- 

 minal divisions and tip red. Perfect insect appears at the 

 end of May and beginning of June. 



Description of the Larva ofEupithecia campanulata, H.-S. 



About the middle of August, 1864, 1 was fortunate enough 

 to discover a number of larvge of this species, hitherto unde- 

 tected in Britain, in a wood near Tring, feeding in and upon 

 the seed capsules of Campanula trachelium^ L. Having 

 heard from Continental correspondents the habits of £". cam- 

 2^anidata, H.-S., I at once surmised that my larva belonged 

 to that species ; but, in order to make matters sure, I posted 

 two full-fed larvge in a quill to Dr. Breyer, of Brussels, 

 whom I knew to be well acquainted with the habits of the 

 insect, and he at once informed me that they were true and 

 genuine Camj)ainilata. I afterwards found a good many 

 more larvaB, and I imagine that, wherever its food- plant 

 grows, this insect will be found to be common. From its 

 obscure habits, it is not at all surprising that it should 

 hitherto have escaped detection. It seems, unlike many of 

 its congeners, to be, comparatively speaking, free from the 

 attacks of ichneumons. 



This larva is a true memhev o^ the Ah synthia fa group, but 

 at the same time very distinct from all the other individuals 

 of it found in Britain. The follow^ing description of it may 

 be interesting to the readers of the " Annual:" — 



Rather short and stumpy. In shape closely resembling 



