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rounded at the sides; it is slightly narrower than the second 
segment, into which it can be partially withdrawn ; body cylin- 
drical and of almost uniform width throughout, tapering only 
a little from the eleventh to thirteenth segments posteriorly, and 
from the third to the head anteriorly; skin smooth and soft, 
having a few almost imperceptible very short hairs. Ground 
colour, bright pale green, the head pale brown; a green pulsating 
vessel shewing between a double whitish line forms the dorsal 
stripe; subdorsal lines also whitish, and there is another whitish 
line below them, but some distance above the spiracles; below 
the spiracles is a conspicuous broad stripe, whitish with a very 
faint blue tinge; segmental divisions yellowish; spiracles black ; 
ventral surface almost uniformly pale green. Feeds on Lysi- 
machia vulgaris. Before the middle of September all the larve 
had spun up; the cocoons were formed on the bottom of the 
cage and were tolerably firmly constructed of silken threads. 
The pupa is polished, about three-eighths of an inch long, and 
tolerably plump ; it is of the ordinary shape, thickest at the ends 
of the wing-cases, and tapers rather suddenly to the anal tip; 
eye, antenne, and wing-cases well defined. Colour of the 
abdominal segments rather pale brown; head, thorax, and wing- 
cases green. The first imago emerged on the 11th of June 
following.—GrorcE T. Porrirr; Highroyd House, Hudders- 
field, January 4, 1879. 
Notes on BomByx Qurercus.—It is now some years since I 
collected Bombyx quercus, but the following notes made in 1871 
and 1872 may be of use to Mr. Laddiman in his investigations 
(Entom. xi. 270). In 1871 I took nine larve; two died in the 
larval state, three I gave away, two ate out of their cocoons as 
soon as they were spun, and died, and one imago emerged; leaving 
one cocoon to be kept over the winter, which rewarded me on 
June 22nd, 1872, with what I believe to be the variety Callune. 
In 1872 I took nine larve again; they all spun up, but only five 
imagos were the result, as in the previous year showing a large 
death-rate. The greater part were fed in a larve box, placed under 
some trees in the garden, the lid of which was covered with 
perforated zinc; after the cocoons were complete they were 
removed to a cage in the house.—Grorce R. Dawson; 
Poundsworth, Driffield, December 5, 1878, 
