134 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



poplars, and each time it moults it spins a white web between the 

 leaves. Not having seen an Anachoreta larva for eleven years, I 

 was deceived in the spring of 1874 by finding some young larvae 

 in these plantations, which proved to be those of Liparis sallcis. 

 I do not remember having seen a publislied description of the 

 young larvffi of tins species, which have a small tuft of black hair 

 on the 5th and 0th segments, and a smaller tuft of pale hair on 

 the 11th and 12th segments; these tufts, characteristic of the 

 family, were conspicuous while the larvte were very young, but 

 became almost obsolete as they became full fed. They spin 

 between leaves for moulting, in exactly the same manner as the 

 larvae of Clostera. When I returned home and compared these 

 young larvae with the desci'iption of that of C. anaclioreta, made 

 by myself, I saw my mistake, but did not recognise them as those 

 of L. sallcis until their last moult. To save others from making 

 a similar mistake I append a description of the larva of 

 C . anachoreta : — Head dark brown; two conspicuous tubercles, 

 one on the 4th and one on the anal segment; anterior segment 

 black at the base, crowned with crimson, with a large white spot 

 on each side of it, and another minute spot in front of the large 

 spot ; posterior segment blackish at base, and crowned with 

 chestnut colour. Back pale buff, with a dusky dorsal stripe, and 

 another on each side of this stripe and parallel with it ; sides dark 

 bluish grey, minutely lineolated with black. Feet and abdomen 

 dirty dark buff; above the feet an interrupted orange line, with 

 an interrupted black line immediately above it ; spiracles orange, 

 and along the margin of the buff back is a row of orange spots, 

 with an angulated black spot under each of them. — T. H. Briggs ; 

 Hampton House, Teddington, May 14, 1881. 



Description of the Larva of Heliophobus hispida.- On 

 March 18th, 1879, I received from Mr. G. C. Bignell, of Stone- 

 house, Plymouth, three larvae of this species, which had been sent 

 to him from Torquay. Being about full grown I described them 

 at once, as follows : — Length nearly an inch and a half, and of 

 moderate bulk in proportion; head polished, has the lobes 

 rounded, and is very slightly narrower than the 2nd segment; 

 body cylindrical, and of nearly uniform width throughout ; 

 segmental divisions well defined, the skin smooth and soft; the 

 ground is a stony greyish brown, strongly suffused in some 

 specimens with rust-colour, and this rust-colour will probably 



