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skinfold was also white ; the spiracles white, with pink mar- 

 gins ; legs extremely pale, almost white ; ventral claspers 

 green, with a rose-coloured blotch on the outside, and a spot 

 of the same colour just above it on the body ; anal flap and 

 claspers green, tinged with rose-colour. Pupa exactly simi- 

 lar in character to that ah-eady described, but of the most 

 exquisitely delicate apple-green variegated with small mark- 

 ings of pure white. — Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Ant idea derivata. — The eggs 

 are laid in March or April, on the buds or stems of Rosa 

 canina (dog-rose), on the leaves of which species the larva 

 feeds; the larvae ai'e full-fed in May. Rests in a straight or 

 but slightly bent position. Head semiporrect, scarcely so 

 broad as the body : body cylindrical, but slightly narrowed 

 anteriorly ; the skin appears tight, and has but little appear- 

 ance of wrinkles or skinfolds. Colour of the head light red, 

 tinged with green in the middle of the face : body delicately 

 green, with red blotches as described below ; the first ori- 

 ginates immediately behind the head, and is there of the 

 same breadth, but it narrows to a point on the back of the 

 5th segment ; others — three, four or even five in number — 

 form a longitudinal medio-dorsal series, and others some- 

 times appear placed transversely on the 10th and 13th seg- 

 ments : the legs are pinky red ; the claspers green, with a 

 red blotch on the outer side. Descends the rose-bush and 

 changes to a pupa in the earth, and the moth does not 

 appear until the following April. I am indebted to the Rev. 

 J. Hellins for a sight of Mr. Buckler's beautiful drawing of 

 this insect. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Coremia imidentaria. — The 

 egg is laid on Galium veruni (ladies' bedstraw), in July, and 

 the larva feeds freely on that plant, as well as on Asperula 

 odorata (sweet woodroof) ; my specimens were full-fed on the 

 30th of August, and then rested in a posture slightly bent, 

 and with the head usually porrected, but bending downwards 

 in a prone position on the slightest touch. Head flat, ex- 

 actly of the same width as the 2nd segment, but not so wide 

 as the following : body slightly depressed, without excres- 

 cences, but having a manifest lateral skinfold and numerous 

 minute warts, each of which emits a bristle ; these warts and 

 bristles are eight or ten on each segment. Colour of the 



