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bristles. The head is nearly black, with two very small anil 

 inconspicuous pale longitudinal streaks on the crown. The 

 colour of the dorsal surface of the body is dull very pale 

 wainscot-brown, approaching to putty-colour ; there are lour 

 darker but very indistinct and very narrow stripes down the 

 back, the outer one of which on each side has two black 

 spots on each segmeut; the ventral is manifestly darker than 

 the dorsal surface; there is a medio-venlral stripe dilated in 

 the middle of each segment ; and on each side of this there 

 is a very narrow and waved stripe extending from the legs to 

 the ventral claspers ; the legs are pale, the claspers and the 

 ventral area between them green and semihyaline. At the 

 end of April or beginning of May the larva spins a slight 

 cocoon at the base of the leaves, and therein changes to a 

 pupa. The moth does not make its appearance until the end 

 of June. I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Porritt, of 

 Huddersfield, for the opportunity of describing this larva : 

 the entomologist who possesses Sepp's beautiful work will 

 probably perceive some trifling discrepancy between his 

 description and mine, but this must arise from our having 

 before us different varieties of the insect: 1 have no doubt of 

 Sepp's figure and description being produced with his un- 

 varying accuracy. — Edward Newman. 



Life-history of Eubolia paluniharia. — The egg is laid on 

 the twigs of broom in July, and the caterpillar is hatched 

 during August: it eats but little, and grows very slowly 

 during the autumn, hybernating very early : in March and 

 April it feeds again on the young leaves, and is full fed in 

 April. It then rests in a perfectly straight and stick-like 

 state on the (wigs of broom, the entire ventral surface being 

 appressed to the twig; when removed it retains exactly the 

 same position, appearing rigid and lifeless, the head prone 

 and the mouth brought into contact with the legs, which are 

 crowded together, and forming a shapeless mass; but if the 

 larva be only irritated and not forcibly removed it will 

 gradually raise its anterior extremity, arch its back and bend 

 its head beneath its body until it comes in contact with the 

 eighth ventral segment. The head is slightly narrower than 

 the second segment and notched on the crown : it is opaque, 

 rough, and emits a few short bristles : the body is dilated at 

 the sides by a very conspicuous skinfold, and emits from 



