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cylindrical, but with the 12th segment dorsally raised into 

 an angulai- protuberance. Colour of the head and body in 

 one specimen glaucous-green, in another apple-green ; in 

 the glaucous specimen there are two narrow and rather dis- 

 tant while stripes, which commence very faintly on the 2nd 

 segment, ascend, making an obtuse angle on the 12th, and 

 vanish on the 13th ; in the apple-green specimen these 

 stripes are pale yellow ; in both there is a lateral stripe, 

 equally narrow, just below the spiracles ; this also is white in 

 the glaucous specimen, yellow in the apple-green one ; it 

 commences on the 2nd segment, and is continued the entire 

 length and round the anal flap ; this side stripe is margined 

 above with black, the black being sometimes interrupted, but 

 generally running from spiracle to spiracle, and surrounding 

 each with a narrow black ring ; the spiracles are oblong and 

 pure white : scattered over the body are a few short and very 

 slender bristles, only visible under a lens of moderate power : 

 legs yellowish green : claspers concolorous with the body. 

 The specimens, for which I am indebted to Mr. Wright, 

 were full-fed on the 24th of May. They retii'ed just beneath 

 the surface of the earth on the 2oLh, and there changed to 

 smooth pupae, '♦without spinning any web or cocoon. The 

 perfect insect appears in July. — Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Catocala sponsa. — Rests in a 

 nearly straight position on the branches of the oaks, on the 

 leaves of which it feeds ; the ventral surface appressed to the 

 bark. Head somewhat narrower than the 2nd segment, but 

 distinctly exserted ; face flat, crown gibbose, notched : body 

 convex dorsally, flattened ventrally ; a fringe of flesh-like 

 bristles divides the dorsal and ventral surfaces ; 9th segment 

 with a transverse dorsal ridge; 12th segment with a ridge 

 also, but this terminates at each extremity in a lateral 

 tubercle surmounted bj' a bristle ; the 5th, 6lh, 7th, 8lh, 10th 

 and 11th segments have each two wart-like tubercles placed 

 transversely, each bearing a bristle ; clasjjers long, dilated and 

 divided at the extremity. Colour of the head wainscot- 

 brown, reticulated Mith darker brown, and having a con- 

 spicuous black band surrounding the face, except towards 

 the mouth ; within this, and very near the crown, are two 

 eye-like black spots : dorsal surface of body dull brown, reti- 

 culated with pale wainscot-brown ; the tubercles, as well as 



