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slightly with white; the anal flap and second pair of claspers 

 are tinged with the same colour. The spiracles, which are 

 very indistinct, are while, edged with brown. The caterpillars 

 descended to the earth about the 25th of August, and spun a 

 slight cocoon just below the surface. — [Bev.] P. H. Jennings ; 

 11, Maison Dieii Road, Dover, Sepiemher 7, 1874. 



Life-hisiory of Cidaria picata, — The eggs were laid in 

 confinement, singly, on the leaves and stems of Alsine media 

 (common chickweed), the last week in July. The young 

 caterpillars were hatched on the 9th of August, and moulted 

 three times, about the I6th, 23rd and 30th of the same month. 

 When at rest they lie extended on the stem of the food- 

 plant, and when disturbed assume the form of an Ionic 

 volute. The body is nearly uniformly cylindrical throughout 

 its length, slightly increasing towards the extremities. The 

 head and face are of a light yellowish brown, marked with 

 spots and short lines of a deeper shade. The colour of the 

 back between the spiracles varies in different individuals from 

 pale olive-green to reddish brown. 'I'he whole of this space 

 is of two shades, the lighter represented by very irregular 

 lines, at one time confluent and then separate, with very 

 irregular edges. There is a black patch in the middle of the 

 7th, 8th and 9th segments : this becomes less distinct as the 

 caterpillar increases in size, and in some cases altogether 

 disappears. The sides below the spiracles and the ventral 

 space are of a lighter shade than the back, the line of 

 demarcation being well defined. The whole of this portion 

 bears a considerable resemblance to the back, as far as the 

 markings are concerned, being made up of very irregular 

 lines of alternate lighter and darker shades. The legs and 

 claspers are of the lighter shade. At the sides of the junctures 

 of the segments there are spots of a much darker colour. 

 The spiracles are black. The caterpillars disappeared about 

 the end of the first week in September, making a slight 

 cocoon on the surface of the earth, and changing to a 

 chrysalis of a light reddish brown. — Id. 



Cidaria picata Double-brooded in Conjinement. — During 

 the second week in this month (September) I had a few 

 imagos of this insect emerge from the pupae of a brood which 

 fed up about the middle of August. — Id. 



The Food of Arctia Menthastri. — 1 have seen larvae of this 



