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a female which had been confined in a box through the pre- 

 vious winter: they were attached to the side of the box, and 

 were at lirst of a hght straw-colour, changing to light fawn- 

 colour in three days; their shape was a flattened round, 

 reeded from the centre of the top to the base; the centre was 

 darkest, and there was a faint ring round the upper edge ; the 

 ribs or reeding were very fine. On the 24th of March a 

 purple zone appeared round the upper portion, broken by an 

 irregular, light canary-coloured blotch on one side. On the 

 8th of April the eggs became a warm lead-colour, inclining to 

 lilac, the zone expanding above and before, and the light 

 blotch obliterated : the centre of the egg was now dark, with 

 a narrow ring round it, and the ribs in the ring distinct. On 

 the 9th of April the eggs became more conical, and were now 

 lead-coloured, with the ribs light and distinct. On the 10th 

 of April the centre of the egg appeared darkest. On the 12th 

 the colour grew lead-colour; the ribs are now light and 

 distinct, darkest in the centre. On the 14th and 15lh the 

 eggs were hatching. The young larva is a looper, with a large, 

 broad head of a grayish horn-colour ; the feet large and dark ; 

 the body stone-colour, hairy. At first it had a rambling habit, 

 as if searching for a place to hide or feed in : placed on its 

 food-plant it ceased to ramble, and afterwards soon went 

 down into the root-crowns, eating its way with ease. On the 

 10th of May many larvae removed from old to new plants, 

 eating the crown-leaves before they burst, and thence down 

 into the roots. It was now a stout, semi-transparent larva, 

 in general appearance like a Tortrix larva. At the end of 

 June the larva was one and a quarter inch in length, stout, 

 shining fawn-colour, and glossy. Head small, heart-shaped; 

 colour reddish fawn, with the lips darker. Shield or corslet 

 fawn-colour, edged with black ; the shield is broadest in 

 front, thin behind, and much the shape of a child's hat, with 

 three dots under it : on the 3rd segment is a ring of black dots, 

 placed two and two, with three under them placed triangularly 

 over the spiracle ; the remaining segments have the upper spots 

 "on the back and sides as in the Tortricida?, but over the spira- 

 cular region there are three large and one small spots, forming 

 a lozenge or diamond, but the small spot is a little above its 

 place, and below this, on the thighs, is also another black 

 spot ; and the spots on the anal segment are continued round 



