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tinged with red, in some specimens the red heing much 

 stronger than in others, especially on the dorsal surface; 

 head pale brown, with a conspicuous dark brown mark on 

 each lobe in front. A narrow yellowish line, edged with 

 smoke-colour, forms the medio-dorsal line; subdorsal lines 

 yellowish; these and the medio-dorsal line are very much 

 interrupted, and very conspicuous only on the 2nd segment, 

 where they are much broader and nearly white ; there are no 

 perceptible spiracular lines; the subdorsal lines are sur- 

 mounted on each segment, from the 4th to the 12th, by a 

 small yellow triangular mark, the apex of each pointing 

 towards the head, and these marks are bordered above with 

 rather broad smoky marks, which appear to meet on the 

 medio-dorsal line, each pair forming a V-shaped mark, the 

 apex pointing backwards; those on the 11th and 12th seg- 

 ments, however, are much larger and blacker than the others, 

 and take the character of distinct marks, almost obliterating 

 the yellow spots beneath them ; a broad, dull, reddish band 

 extends along the spiracular region, and the space between 

 this and the subdorsal line is variegated with smoke-colour ; 

 spiracles and trapezoidal dots black. Ventral surface and 

 claspers dirty grayish ochreous and semi-translucent; legs 

 shining, pale pinkish brown.— Ceo. T.Porritt; Huddersfield. 

 Description of the Larva of Notodonta cucullina.— On the 

 7th of August last I received from Mr. F. D. Wheeler, of 

 Norwich, seven or eight larvae of this species, and on the 

 following day took down a description as follows : — Length 

 about an inch and a quarter, and of average bulk in propor- 

 tion ; the front of the head flat, but the sides of the lobes 

 rounded; it is broader than the 2nd segment, and slightly 

 notched on the crown. Body irregularly cylindrical ; of the 

 segments, the 2nd is narrowest, and from it they gradually 

 widen to the 6th, from which, to the 12th, they are of about 

 equal width, but the 13th is rather sharply attenuated to the 

 anal extremity. On the 12th segment is a prominent dorsal 

 hump, and a smaller double hump on the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 

 and 9th, these humps being most conspicuous when the larva 

 is at rest. Skin soft and puckered, and the segmental folds 

 deeply marked. Ground colour grayish white, tinged with 

 green ; the head very pale yellowish brown, with chocolate- 

 brown streak on each side and at some distance from the 

 median suture; there are several similarly-coloured marks 



