THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 883 
position prone, its face flattened, its crown rounded and 
scarcely at all notched; the body is rather stout, of nearly 
uniform substance, but having the 3rd and 4th segments 
slightly swollen; the back is transversely, but not strongly, 
wrinkled or folded, and has several small warts, more espe- 
cially on the 12th and 13th segments, each of which emits a 
small bristle-like hair; along each side of the body is a very 
imperfect and intercepted skinfold: the prevailing colour, 
both of the head and body, is dingy smoke-colour: the head 
has an ocellus-like mark on each cheek near the crown, and 
the body has a large amorphous whitish patch on each side 
of the 8th and 9th segments; in some specimens these 
patches almost meet on the back; on the dorsal surface of 
the middle segments there is a trace of the Y-shaped mark so 
frequently occurring in Geometers, and a dark transverse 
line on the 12th; moreover, on each side of the 4th and 5th 
segments is an indistinct and vague oblique line, darker than 
the general ground colour; the belly is rather more variegated 
than the back, but altogether it is a most dingy-looking 
animal, and, like the perfect insect, it has no claim whatever 
to the title of “ pictaria,” unless on the principle said to be 
implied in the word “lucus,” @ non lucendo: “ pictaria” quia 
non picta. From wy knowledge of Mr. Curtis’s character I 
entirely acquit him of this feeble attempt at wit; his was far 
too grave and solid a character to have descended to the light 
and frivolous. Towards the end of July the larva descends 
towards the earth, and changes to a pupa near the sur- 
face, without spinning any perceptible cocoon: it remains 
in the pupa state throughout the winter, and until the bitter 
blasts of another April have scorched the young leaves of the 
blackthorn in the futile attempt to unfold themselves. I am 
indebted to Mr. Machin for the opportunity of describing this 
larva.— Edward Newman. 
Description of the Larva of Nemoria viridata.—When at 
rest its position is perfectly straight, except at the two 
extremities, both of which bend slightly backwards: the head 
is of nearly the same width as the 2nd segment and is deeply 
notched on the crown, which is produced into two points 
directed slightly forwards; the face is flat and its position 
prone, the mouth being thus brought into contact with the 
Jegs, to which it is closely appressed, the legs themselves 
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