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LEPIDOPTERA. 



Larva of AciDALiA mancuniata, 

 &c. — continued. 



On the spiracular region a black 

 brown line extends between the 

 10th and 13th segments. 



[The character opposite is entirely 

 wanting in this species.] 



The four last segments appear paler 

 than the others, as the dorsal 

 line on them is enclosed only by 

 thin brown lines, and the sub- 

 dorsal lines on them also have 

 no dark spots, excepting a slight 

 indication of them on the 10th 

 segment only. 



Pupa, very slender, dark blackish- 

 brown, the tail being curved 

 backwards — it changed on the 

 surface of the soil. 



Larvaof ACIDALIASUBSERICEATA, 



&c. — continued. 

 Spiracular lines dull yellowish- 

 white, puckered. 



On each side of the 10th segment, 

 which is slightly enlarged, is a 

 dull yellowish spot. 



Jnal segments whitish. 



Pupa, mahogany brown, enclosed 

 in a slight web among dead 

 leaves. 



At the time that Mr, Buckler received the two larvae from 

 which the above description was taken, he made the obser- 

 vation that they were not in the least like those of A. subseri- 

 ceata sent to him, in October 1862, by Mr. Crewe, nor yet 

 like others which he had in April, 1863 ; for the larvas of 

 A. suhsericeata, though slightly variable, were all constant 

 to one particular, viz., a pale yellowish or whitish mark on 

 each side of the 9th segment; and the character of the mark- 

 ings was entirely different. 



Mr. Buckler bred both : one was a cripple ; the other, though 

 slightly paler than the examples from which I took my de- 

 scription, has, as I make out from a careful drawing of it, 

 the short wings and rounded hind wings of A. mancu?iiata. 

 Mr. Hellins has also forwarded a specimen, bred from a 



