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darker brown ; traces of a diffuse, dusky, antemedial line ; post- 

 medial lino, which appears to be a continuation of that on fore 

 wings, dark purplish brown outwardly edged with whitish ; faint 

 traces of an ochreous subterminal line, with blackish marks on it 

 towards dorsum ; terminal line and fringes as on fore wings. Under 

 side of fore wings ochreous freckled with brown ; discoidal lunule 

 whitish partly edged with dark brown, a clear ochreous spot below 

 it ; antemedial line brown, curved, diffuse ; postmedial line dark 

 brown outwardly edged with whitish, angled below costa ; sub- 

 terminal line indicated by white points on the veins ; hind wings 

 paler, antemedial and postmedial lines as above, discoidal mark pale 

 united with antemedial. 



2 . Head and thorax darker than in the male. Fore wings 

 heavily suffused with deep brown almost blackish, the transverse 

 lines are similar to these characters in male, but the angle of post- 

 medial is more acute, the subterminal is more distinct, the scales of 

 the patch on dorsal area are bluish white, and there is an ochreous 

 spot above the patch ; discoidal mark represented by two whitish 

 dots. Hind wings suffused with deep brown and dusted w-ith bluish 

 white ; transverse lines as in the male, but subterminal more distinct. 

 Under side suffused with brown, markings as in the male. 



Expanse, 26 milhm. <? ; 34 millim. ? . 



Collection number, 535. 



One example of each sex from Kanshirei, the male captured 

 on August 17th, 1905, and the female on April 26th, 1908. 

 Allied to E. castanea, Moore. 



THE REARING OF LARV^. 

 By C. Rippon, M.A., F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 150.) 



Space. 

 When a number of larvae are being reared, the question of 

 what space should be allowed them depends on such a number 

 of conditions that it is very difficult to generalise. As a starting 

 point, let us say that for average Noctuse larvae of the size of 

 N. hriinnea, N. trianguhim, or Aplecta nehidosa not less than 

 25 to 30 cubic inches per larva should be allowed when in 

 their last skins, i.e. a cage measuring 16x7x10 in. would 

 accommodate about thirty-five larvae. This, of course, refers to 

 a cage of wood, metal, or glass, well ventilated on sides and top 

 with perforated zinc or other similar material. More larva) of 

 the same size could with safety be put in a muslin sleeve of the 

 same capacity. Of course, large species require a great deal 

 more room ; the bigger hawks should be given quite sixty cubic 

 inches per larva. Smaller larvse, again, do not require anything 



