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with miniile, circular, convex markings. Signs of fertility 

 began to appear in reddish sj^ccks on the sides, togetlier with 

 a deepening of colour throughout. The young larvae appeared 

 on the seventh day, August 25th. 



S. vetiilata. — Three females, taken the first and second 

 weeks in July, laid a number of eggs on the ground, without 

 any adhesive property : oblong, equally rounded at both 

 ends; whitish, with the faintest yellow tinge, partially glossy. 

 The deposition of the eggs did not take place till some time 

 after the females had been taken. They were fed, and 

 survived till the month of August. The eggs are now, 

 November 18th, of a light brown. 



*S'. rhavinata. — Two females, having been fed about a 

 fortnight, laid twenty eggs on August 3rd and thirty-two on 

 August 4ih : oblong, equally rounded at both ends; bright 

 yellow; became orange-coloured on the fourth day, of w'hich 

 colour they still remained on November 18th. 



C. jiicata. — A female, taken July 16th, laid thirty eggs: a 

 few on the under surface of the leaves of the food-plant 

 (G. Mollugo), the rest pressed closely amongst the stems of 

 the blossoms and the leaflets springing up around them : 

 oblong, equally rounded at both ends; white, with faintest 

 greenish tinge, partially glossy. 



P. H. Jennings. 



Longfield Eectory, Gravesend, 

 November 18, 1875. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, S^c. 



Description of the Larva of Cidaria populata. — As there 

 is such a slight description of the larva of this species in 

 ' British Moths,' I think a more complete one will not be 

 considered out of place in the pages of the ' Entomologist.' I 

 may say here, that although I have reared a large number of 

 these larvae, I have never seen any of the "green-tinted" 

 forms mentioned by Mr. Newman. This year I fed up two 

 broods from eggs obtained from moths captured last season, 

 and from them the following notes were taken. The eggs 

 were deposited about July, 1874, and began to hatch on the 

 .3rd of April of the present year. The newly-eniergcd larva; 



