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a single series of intensely black dots, and being also longi- 

 tudinally intersected throughout by two thread-like rivulet 

 markings of a slightly darker hue ; each of these pale stripes 

 unites with the pale lateral margin of the anal flap ; adjoin- 

 ing each pale stripe is a darker stripe of similar width, and 

 this is longitudinally intersected by three paler thread-like 

 lines. Of these the middle one is the most distinct :' adjoin- 

 ing this is a paler stripe, comprising the skinfold and spiracles-; 

 this commences behind the head and terminates in the anal 

 claspers : below the pale skinfold is a broader dark stripe, 

 commencing behind the head and terminating in the ventral 

 claspers ; this also is longitudinally, but verj' indistinctly, 

 intersected with paler threads : ventral surface pale, longi- 

 tudinally intersected by three dark stripes, each of which 

 is double, or again intersected by a median pale thread-like 

 stripe ; these three ventral stripes commence at the third 

 pair of feet and terminate at the ventral claspers : legs and 

 claspers with the same shade of colour as the body. After 

 hybernation these larvae begin to feed about the middle of 

 April, and are full-fed by the middle of May, when each 

 spins a delicate yellow shuttle-shaped cocoon, much resem- 

 bling that of a Zygaena, and attached longitudinally to a culm 

 of grass, in confinement selecting those which produced last 

 j-ear's seeds. The moth appears on the wing in June. 1 am 

 indebted to Mr. Hammond, of St. Alban's Court, for this 

 larva, and for many interesting particulars of its economy ; 

 and I must not conclude without referring to other previous 

 descriptions, published by Mr. Stainton, at p. 117 of the 

 * Entomologist's Annual ' for 1862, and by the Rev. John 

 Hellins, at p. 190 of the third volume of the ' Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine;' the Jatter reprinted at p. 230 of the 

 Second Series of the * Zoologist.' These entomologists did 

 not succeed in rearing the perfect insect, and it will be 

 remarked, by those who compare these prior descriptions 

 with mine, that considerable discrepancies occur, — Edward 

 Newman. 



Life-history of Coremiaferrugata. — The eggs are gene- 

 rally laid on the stems of Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy), on 

 the leaves of which plant the larvae feed : the period in the 

 egg state varies from ten to twenty days, according to the 

 temperature, the cold east winds, which so frequently 



