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dotted with dark brown. It is, however, not confined to the 

 Andromeda, but feeds likewise upon Myrica Gale. The full- 

 fed larva is light brown ; spots hghter ; head fulvous, shining ; 

 shield lighter, the hind margin dotted vi^ith dark brown; legs 

 concolorous with the shield. The pupa is about six lines in 

 length, dull jet-black, with two rows of adminicula on each 

 segment, the posterior one having the points the smallest and 

 most closely set. These rings, after running across the back, 

 cease at the sides, the abdomen being smooth. Along with 

 these occur a few long and scattered bristles. Cremastrge 

 conical, with seven hooks, three apical and four lateral, the 

 latter set two and two on opposite sides. This larva very 

 much resembles that of Tortrix costana, but may be dis- 

 tinguished from that species by its larger size, by its lighter 

 brown colour, and by the hind margin of the shield being 

 dotted with dark brown. Note. — The " cremastrae" are the 

 hooks which usually crown the apex of pupae, and by which 

 they are suspended or attached, as the case may be. The 

 " adminicula" are the small spinous projections found upon 

 the dorsal segments of pupse ; they are set so as to point 

 backwards, and are the means whereby the pupa emerges 

 from the cocoon, &c. For a full description of them see 

 Kirby and Spence, vol, iii. p. 255, and vol. iv. p. 354, ed. 

 1826, or Burmeister's ' Manual of Entomology,' pp. 45 and 47. 

 — John Peers ; 64, Buttermarket Street, Warrington, July 

 27, 1864. 



Description of the Larva of Peronia caledoniana. — Since 

 last writing I have bred Peronia caledoniana from larvae 

 found upon Myrica Gale (sweet gale) on Woolston Moss, on 

 the 6th of July. The larva is green, with the dorsal region 

 darker, especially anteriorly ; head fulvous, shining, with two 

 lateral black spots ; labrum chestnut ; shield greenish, shining. 

 It screws up the terminal shoots of Myrica Gale. The pupa 

 is about four lines long, of a reddish colour, the wing-cases 

 lighter. The apex of the puparium is flat or compressed, 

 truncate and somewhat bent under, terminating at each 

 corner in a short, bent, horn-like process. When young the 

 larvae are yellow, and live between united leaves of Myrica 

 Gale.— /<^. ; August 7, 1864. 



Description of the Larva of Argyresihia nitidella. — In my 

 search for the larvaj of Tortrices 1 often stumble upon and 



