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and the interrnpted stripe, and one between the interrupted 

 stripe and the lateral stripe: the whole of these stripes 

 and dots are of" a yellowish white colour and are very 

 distinct ; each dot emits a minute and delicate hair from its 

 cenlre ; the legs are green, spotted with black, the black pre- 

 ponderating ; the ventral surface and claspers are apple- 

 green. Full-fed on the 1st of June, and then changes to a 

 pupa in a cocoon on the surface of the earth : the moth 

 appears in August. — Edivard Newman. 



Description of ilie Larva of Mania manra. — The eggs 

 are laid on fruit trees, in the autumn, and the young larva? 

 hybernate early ; they feed again in spring as soon as the 

 leaves expand, and are full-grown in May. Head slightly 

 porrected and rather small : body smooth and velvety, rather 

 attenuated and leech-like anteriorly, stouter from the 7th to 

 the llth segment. Colour of the head and body dingy 

 nmber-brown, with various darker and paler markings ; head 

 obscurely reticulated ; 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments with an 

 interrupted pale niedio-dovsal stripe; in some specimens this 

 may be indistinctly traced throughout every seguient, except 

 the 13lh ; on the back of each segment from the 5lh to the 

 12lh, both inclusive, the brown colour is intensified in a 

 lozenge-shaped mass ; these lozenges are eight in number; 

 the last is cut off posteriorly by a transverse black bar ex- 

 tending on each side to the spiracles : on the side of each 

 segment, from the 5th to the 12th inclusive, are a variety of 

 paler and darker markings : the spiracles are reddish, with a 

 black margin, and above each is a rather complicated mark- 

 ing, consisting principally of a pale oblique bar, bordered 

 posteriorly by a dark brown or black oblique bar, and 

 having a black marking united to it anteriorly ; on the l"^th 

 segment is a narrow black bar extending from spiracle to 

 spiracle. 1 have found the larva feeding on strawberry leaves, 

 but this is, 1 think, uncommon. The perfect insect appears 

 in July and August, and is fond of resorting to summer- 

 houses, boat-houses, sheds, &c., in the interior of whicii it 

 may frequently be observed in the day time, sitting on the 

 inner surface of the roof: I once counted twenty-eight in a 

 boat-house at Godalming. I have been favoured with a 

 sight of an exquisite drawing of this larva by Mr. Buckler, 

 which has greatly assisted me in j)reparing this description. 

 —Id. 



