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yellower than the rest ; back and sides pink, rather darker 

 at the centre of the back, growing almost into a brown-pink 

 along the centre of the dorsal region ; this pink portion of the 

 body is indistinctly dusted with brown ; the last segment, 

 with the anal prolegs, is faintly green, and the last spiracle 

 blackish ; the dorsal line is faintly indicated by a row of 

 very indistinct spots, one at the commencement of each 

 segment, of a dusky pink ; and the subdorsal by a row of 

 sloping lines, from above backwards and downwards, so that 

 in a strong light there is a faint lozenge-shaped pattern along 

 the back. The shape is clumsy and cylindrical, with very 

 little difference from the head to the tail except at the last 

 segment. (From eggs sent from Germany, R. C. R. Jordan.) 



Hofmann's description is shorter and does not appear quite 

 to agree. — When young, green with three faint dorsal lines 

 and the spots white. When full grown reddish-brown-grey 

 bordered with short clouded lines, and with three light 

 rippling dorsal stripes ; between these on each segment are 

 two white dots ; and down the side a clear, dark-shaded 

 longitudinal line above the feet ; undersurface clear grey, 

 head yellowish-brown. 



Probably in July, August and September, on hop, honey- 

 suckle, bramble and hemp-agrimony — but there is a con- 

 flict of testimony. Dr. Jordan's larvse became full-fed in 

 August 1884 and he reared the first moth in June 1885 ; but 

 Hofmann says that the larva feeds in May and June, in shady 

 woods, eating various low-growing plants, and assuming the 

 moth state in July and August. Possibly there are two 

 generations in the year where it is at home. 



Pupa shining brown. (Hofmann.) 



An excessively rare species in this country. I cannot put 



' my hand upon the earliest record here, but in 1855 Mr. 



H. T. Stainton wrote, in the first volume of his "Annual,"' 



" A specimen is in the collection of the Rev. Mr. Bird, who 



attracted it by light in Oxfordshire ; Mr. Doubleday has a 



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