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the larvffi of E. minutata, Gn., and E. (ibsijnthiata, L. 

 Ground colour liglit ochreous-brown. Central dorsal line 

 very deep-brown or black, intersecting and uniting a chain 

 of very strongly-defined black or deep-brown lozenge-shaped 

 spots, placed in the centre of each segment. Subdorsal lines 

 blackish or deep brown, very slender and often faint. Head 

 dingy-brown or black. Spiracular and central ventral lines 

 dingy-black or brown. Central dorsal spots becoming con- 

 fluent and merged in the central line on the anterior and 

 posterior segments. Skin rough and wrinkled, sprinkled 

 with a few short whitish hairs. The ground colour, and 

 that of the dorsal spots, occasionally varies considerably in 

 intensity. Feeds upon the dry corolla tube and unripe seeds 

 and seed capsules of Campanula traclieliuin. When very 

 young it lives in the dry corolla tube, feeding upon the 

 withered stamens and soft surface of the green capsule. When 

 nearly full fed it enters the capsule and feeds on the seeds 

 and interior portion. In confinement it will feed on various 

 garden species of Camj)anula. 



Pupa enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. Thorax and 

 wing-cases golden-yellow. Abdomen reddish. Abdominal 

 divisions and tip red. 



Larva of E. fraxinata, Crewe. 



During the past spring I bred a pair of moths of this 

 species. They paired, and the ? laid a batch of eggs upon 

 a sprig of ash which I placed in a bottle under a gauze- 

 covered cylinder. From these eggs I reared a small brood 

 of larviB, which contained some very beautiful varieties. 

 I took descriptions of four of the most remarkable of these, 

 which I append below. 



Yar. 1. Ground colour deep velvety green. Central 

 dorsal line wanting. Subdorsal lines represented by a series 



