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silky tubular web, about two inches long, in which it lives 

 and becomes a dark, robust pupa amongst its food-plant, or 

 often between its food-plant and a loose stone. Feeds freely 

 on the coast at Howth, at the Isle of Man, and at Withers- 

 lack, Westmoreland, remaining in pupa about two weeks, and 

 appearing end of June and throughout July. — C. S. Gregson. 



Description of the Larva of Alucita polydactyla. — Length 

 three-eighths to half an inch when stretched; when at rest 

 rather stout, fleshy, attenuated at both extremities; colour 

 bright yellowish, pink or salmon-colour, slightly pellucid, and 

 without any markings or hair; head yellow, narrow; snout 

 rather darker ; feet small and colourless. Sometimes the 

 larva is light, pellucid yellow. Feeds on the flowers of the 

 honeysuckle in July, and spins a slight web to make up in, 

 and remains about twelve days in pupa. Misled by our 

 books, saying this larva fed in buds of honeysuckle, I had 

 much trouble before I discovered its economy. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Eiibolia mensiiraria. — In the 

 middle of June last Mr. Greasley, of Wallasey, sent me a 

 supply of full-grown larvae of this species, from which I took 

 down notes, as follows: — Length about an inch, and rather 

 stout in proportion. Head the same width as the second, but 

 narrower than the third segment; it has the lobes rounded, 

 but the face is square and flat; there is a slight notch on the 

 crown. The body has the sides swollen into a puckered 

 spiracular ridge, which gives it a rather flattened appearance, 

 both from above and below ; the middle segments are the 

 widest, and it tapers considerably towards the head anteriorly, 

 and from the tenth segment posteriorly. The segments over- 

 lap, making the divisions distinct. Skin tough and puckered. 

 The ground is pinkish gray, tinged with plate slaty blue ; 

 head pinkish gray, freckled with black. Medio-dorsal line 

 slaty blue; subdorsal lines pale ochreous-yellow, narrowly 

 edged above and below with pale brown ; the swollen ridge 

 along the spiracles pinkish ; spiracles and dorsal dots black. 

 Ground colour of the ventral surlace pale slaty gray; there is 

 a pale ochreous, medio-ventral stripe, throughout which ex- 

 tends a narrow pinkish line ; and between this medio-ventral 

 stripe and the spiracular region is another pale ochreous 

 stripe, edged on each side with black, the outer line being 

 broader and more distinct tJjau the inner; legs and claspers 



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