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the present year, half a dozen from Mr. John Harrison, of 

 Barnsley. At this date they are about three-quarters of an 

 inch in length, and have still to go through the last moult: 

 for this purpose they enclose themselves in loose cocoons, 

 formed by drawing together two leaves with silken threads. 

 At the end of May they are full grown, and may be described 

 as follows: — Length about an inch, and tolerably plump in 

 proportion. The head is very slightly narrower than the 

 2nd segment, and still narrower than the 3rd segment; it 

 has the lobes globular, but the front rather flattened. Body 

 cylindrical, tapering a very little towards the head ; segmental 

 divisions tolerably distinct, but not deeply cut; skin soft and 

 smooth. Ground colour of the dorsal surface dark olive- 

 gray ; head smooth and shining, the upper part pale brown, 

 the lower dark sienna-brown. Medio-dorsal line dirty white; 

 subdorsal lines similar in colour, but narrower and less 

 distinct; spiracular region dull whitish gray. On the 2nd 

 segment, just behind the head, is a semicircular black mark, 

 divided by the medio-dorsal line; above, and bordering the 

 subdorsal lines, is a conspicuous series of longitudinal black 

 marks, having the appearance of interrupted black stripes. 

 Trapezoidal dots distinct, .white. Spiracles enclosed in a 

 black mark, very minute, grayish white. Ventral surface and 

 claspers uniformly dirty green, the skin serai-translucent; legs 

 black and shining. Siiortly before spinning up, the ground 

 colour of the dorsal surface changes to yellowish brown. 

 Feeds on lime. The cocoon is formed by drawing closely 

 together several of the growing leaves, and the larva remains 

 inside for two or three weeks before assuming the pupa state. 

 The moths from my larvae appeared at the end of July. — Geo. 

 T. Porriti ; Huddersjield, November \\, 1872. 



Occurrences of Vanessa Antiopa in Great Britain and 

 Ireland during the Autumn o/'1872 (continued from p. 236). 



Durham. 1 believe about twenty specimens of V. Antiopa 

 have been captured within a circuit of twenty or twenty-five 

 miles of this place. — W. Mating ; Neivcastle-on-Tyne. 



Gloucestershire. A specimen of V. Antiopa was brought 

 me a few days ago : it was found hybernating in the middle 

 of a stone-heap, near Winchcomb. I never heard of one 

 being taken about here before. The border is white. — C. 

 Mace ; Winchcomb, November 18, 1872. 



