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of pale yellowish-white spots. Spiracular line yellowish- 

 white ; on the centre of each segment, between the subdorsal 

 spots and spiracular line, a rather large purple blotch. 

 Belly whitish-green, with a central dark-green line. 



Var. 2. Ground colour dull reddish-purple. Central 

 dorsal line deep-dusky purple, enlarged into an arrow-shaped 

 blotch at the segmental divisions. Subdorsal lines dull 

 orange, much broken. Spiracular line bright yellow, orange 

 in the centre, spotted with purple at the segmental divisions 

 and bordered broadly on the lower side with dull purple. 

 Anal tip of central dorsal line reddish. Belly greenish or 

 yellowish, w^ith a narrow central purple line. 



Var. 3. Ground colour pale yellowish-olive. Belly paler 

 than rest of the body. Central dorsal line deep purplish- 

 red, enlarged at the centre of the segmental divisions. Sub- 

 dorsal lines dull yellow, purple at the centre of the segmental 

 divisions. Spiracular line yellow, blotched with purple at 

 the centre of the segmental divisions. 



Var. 4. Unifoi-m bright velvety green. Central dorsal 

 and subdorsal lines purple, the former very faint, the latter 

 only appearing in detached spots at the centre of the seg- 

 mental divisions. Spiracular line pale yellow, blotched on 

 upper side with purple at the centre of the segmental di- 

 visions. Centre of belly whitish or yellowish, with a slender 

 central green line. 



From the brood whence the foregoing descriptions were 

 taken, some eight or nine moths emerged during the month of 

 September. By placing them in a gauze-covered cylinder con- 

 taining a sprig of ash in a bottle, I obtained three batches of 

 impregnated eggs. These eggs, which were deposited at the 

 back of the leaves and along the ribs, but mostly on the 

 buds of next year's leaves, all hatched about three weeks 

 since. As the ash was fast losing its leaves, T tried them 

 wdth laurustinus flowers, and leaves and flowers of the 



