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deeply incised ; there is a double series of bristle-bearing warts 

 down the back — two each on the 3rd, 4th, 6lh, 7th and 10th 

 segments; four on the 5th, 8th, 9lh, 11th and 12th segments. 

 Coloiu" of the head umber-brown, with very dark reticula- 

 tions on the cheeks; colour of the body delicate apple-green, 

 with 'a well-marked medio-dorsal stripe, of a rich purple- 

 brown colour ; this is dilated on the 2nd segment imme- 

 diately behind the head, also on the 5th, 8th and 9th seg- 

 ments ; thence it decreases in width, and on the ]'2th and 

 13th segments is very narrow ; the spiracles are white in a 

 brown ring ; the legs and claspers green, red-brown at the 

 extremities; when full-fed it spins together any dead leaves 

 or rubbish within its reach, or buri^es itself in decayed wood, 

 if it have the opportunity ; and, thus concealed, it changes 

 to a pupa, and remains in that state throughout the winter, 

 the moth appearing on the wing in the June following. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Brown, of Cambridge, for the opportunity of 

 describing this larva. — Edward Newman. 



Entomological Notes and Captures. 



97. Pill-hox versus Laurel-box. — I am an advocate for 

 both plans, for I cannot as yet make up my mind which has 

 most advantages on its side. First — Pill-box advantages. 

 (1). Each box takes one moth, and so they do not rub 

 against one another, (2). Eggs are often the result, which 

 in a laurel-box would be destroyed. (3). One has the 

 pleasure of seeing the insects alive on the following morning 

 (I keep them till then and chloroform them all at once, put- 

 ting pill-boxes and all into an empty plum-jar, and dropping 

 in on flannel the killing fluid). Secondly — Pill-box disad- 

 vantages. (1). Some species knock themselves to-pieces 

 before the morning (this I cannot of course get over), but 

 they are not so very many. (2). The pill-box may decapi- 

 tate, or otherwise injure : an experienced hand never (sel- 

 dom ?) does this. (3). The insect becomes stiff sooner than 

 in the laurel-box. Thirdlg — Lanrel-bo.v advantages. (1). 

 'I'he insect is destroyed at once, and kept relaxed, so that it 

 does not beat itself about, and allows better setting of the 

 legs and antennae. (2). The colour is not injured (?). Fourthly 



