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the mesothorax broadly keeled, the wing-case ample, the 

 anal extremity rather abruptly incurved, almost reaching the 

 end of the wing-cases, blunt and terminating in two nearly 

 circular disks which are fringed with very numerous minute 

 hooks ; the dorsal surface has two warts on every segment as 

 far as the 11th inclusive ; these seem to be the dorsal spines 

 simply dwarfed, and denuded of their dermal envelope and 

 bristles, which are shed with the rest of the larval covering. 

 The segmental divisions of the pupa are clearly defined ; the 

 prothorax or collar is narrow, the tippets have each a sepa- 

 rate case, terminating in a rather sharp transverse ridge or 

 keel at the base of the fore wing ; the mesothorax is very 

 broad, and occupies the same conspicuous position as in the 

 imago ; the metathorax is rather narrow, and its anterior 

 margin is broadly excavated, the excavation being semicir- 

 cular ; the 4th and 5th segments are narrow, and the re- 

 mainder have the dorsal area well developed, but the ventral 

 area almost entirely concealed by the wing-cases. The pe- 

 culiar coloi'ation and situation of spines which I have 

 described in the larva are continued in the pupa, so that the 

 larval and pupal segmental divisions can be identified with 

 the utmost precision : the general colour of the pupa is gray- 

 brown, the wing-cases having two series of paler dots. — 

 Edward Newman. 



Description of ilie Larva of Collix sparsnta. — Ground 

 colour pale whitish yellow, more or less suffused with green. 

 Subdorsal lines green, scarcely visible. Segmental divisions 

 straw-colour. Spiracular line white, on the anal segments 

 yellow ; bordered on the upper side wilh translucent green. 

 Belly translucent, pale yellowish green, without markings. 

 Back wrinkled, studded sparsely with tubercles, each sur- 

 mounted by a short whitish hair. Tapers slightly towards 

 the head. Rests with head bent inwards. This larva some- 

 what resembles in general appearance thatof Camptogramma 

 bilineata. Feeds upon the blooms, buds and leaves of the 

 great yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). Full-fed Au- 

 gust 10th. The pupa, which resembles those of the Eupi- 

 theciae, is enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. Moth 

 appeared April 20th, 1869. I am indebted to the kindness 

 of Mr. George Carrington, of York, for the larva from which 

 the above description was taken. — H. Harpnr Crewe ; The 

 Rectory, Drayton- Beauchantp, Triny, April 20, 1868. 



