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his exquisite drawing of this larva, and to the Rev. J. Hellins 

 for several particulars of its history. The perfect insect ap- 

 pears in June. — Edtoard Neivman. 



Deficription of fhe Larva of Anticlea hadiaia. — The egg 

 is laid in March, on the bud or stem of Rosa canina (dog- 

 rose), on the leaves of which the larva feeds. It is full-fed at 

 the end of May, when it rests in a nearly straight posture, 

 attached by the claspers only. Head seuiipovrect, slightly 

 notched on the crown, slightly narrower than the body : 

 hody of uniform size throughout, slightly depressed, and en- 

 tirely without humps. At first all the larva? are green, after- 

 wards they vary slightly. Colour of the head orange, with a 

 large black spot on each side just above the ocelli : dorsal 

 area of the body green, sometimes exquisitely shaded, more 

 especially towards the sides, with purple ; the 2nd segment 

 has a minute medio-dorsal pale line, on each side of which 

 are four white dots arranged in a square, and below these on 

 each side are two other white dots placed transversely ; the 

 3rd and 4th segments have each a transverse series of six 

 white spots on the back, and two placed longitudinally on 

 each side; the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th 

 segments have each four dorsal white dots arranged nearly 

 in a square ; the 13th segment has a transverse series of six 

 similar dots, and every segment has a lateral white dot at the 

 junction of the dorsal and ventral area ; the anal flap is 

 rounded and dark purple-brown ; the sides of the 2nd, 3rd 

 and 4th segments are reddish brown ; the sides and ventral 

 surface of the other segments are dingy white ; the spiracles 

 intensely black ; the legs green ; the ventral claspers pale 

 green, with an intensely dark purple-brown blotch on the 

 outside ; the anal claspers dingy, with a similar blotch. 

 Descends to the ground and changes to a pupa on the sur- 

 face of the earth in an earthen cocoon. The moth does not 

 appear until the following March. Described from Mr. 

 Buckler's exquisite drawing. — Id. . 



Mr. Stainton has issued an Eighth Volume of the 'Natural 

 History of the Tineina,' with life-histories of 15 species of 

 Gi-acilaria, and 9 species of Ornix, of which one is new. 



