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ing every shade of variation between the two extremes. One 

 of the most beautiful instances of this exaggeration of the 

 "ringlet'" spots is shown in a specimen reared by Mr. 

 Frohawk from an egg laid by a normal New Forest example. 

 On the wing from the end of June till August. 



Larva fusiform, dilated at the sides, and the dilatation 

 fringed with strong bristles ; head prominent, wider than tlie 

 second segment, covered with minute bristle-bearing warts, 

 which make it rough and scabrous ; anal extremity terminated 

 by two points directed backwards, dorsal surface wrinkled 

 transversely, each segment being thus apparently divided into 

 sections. Head pale brown, with three broad, faintly darker 

 stripes on each side ; ocelli on each side of the mouth intensely 

 black ; body very pale wainscot brown, with a darker dorsal 

 stripe, in the anterior portion of which are still darker squared 

 spots at the interstices of the segments ; the remainder of the 

 dorsal surface is marked with very irregular brown lines ; 

 dilated lateral portion whitish, spiracles black. (Newman.) 

 But Mr. Buckler furnishes several figures showing it to be 

 more of a reddish brown, with dark or blackish dorsal line, 

 very pale brown or whitish subdorsal stripe, and whitish 

 spiracular stripe. The Rev. H. H. Crewe also describes it as 

 pale reddish brown, and probably there is variation in the 

 intensity of its colour. The Rev. J. Hellins describes the 

 very young larva as at first having a large head and stumpy 

 body, tapering to the tail ; colour pale drab, with yellowish 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines ; raised dots slightly darker than 

 the ground colour, and each bearing a stiff curved bristle ; 

 head horny, of a warm brownish ; no anal points. These 

 appear after the first moult, when the colour becomes greenish 

 grey with the dorsal line dark, the subdorsal line pale, and 

 the spiracular whitish, as it continues throughout. 



On Dadylis glomcrata, Triticum iTpcns, Poa annua, Milium 

 cfficsum, Aira ca:s2ntosa, and other grasses, preferring those 

 which grow in woods and damp spots near to trees ; feeding 



