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Forest, with the hope of finding Hndromis versicolor. To make 
up for our disappointment in not finding that species, I found a 
female N. chaonia, in fair condition, sitting quietly on a branch 
of the birch. I took it home alive. The next morning it laid a 
good batch of eggs; on April 27th they hatched, thirty-three in 
number; by the time they were full-fed twenty-seven went to 
earth, that being from June 20th to 28th. Perhaps it may 
interest some to know the colour of the young larva, as authors 
only give the description of the adult larva. The markings are 
the same, but the colour is very different, being a very bright pea- 
green, with the stripes before the last change bright yellow.— 
M. Puipps; Soutboro’ Brewery, Tunbridge Wells. 
DEscRIPTION OF THE Larva or Mrana striciuis.—The larva 
of this very common moth seems so little known to lepidopterists 
generally that it may be advisable to give a description of it. It 
may readily be found from the middle to the end of April 
ensconced head downwards within the stems of Dactylis glomerata, 
or on damp evenings, like others of the genus, exposed on or 
near the top of the blades of this and other grasses. Length 
when at rest about three-quarters of an inch, but when crawling 
quite an inch, and is tolerably plump in proportion. The head 
has the lobes rounded, and is smaller than the second segment ; 
body cylindrical, tapering a little towards the head, but attenuated 
considerably towards the anal extremity; skin semi-translucent, 
nearly smooth, has a tough appearance, and is clothed with a few 
minute hairs. Ground colour dull purplish-brown; the head, 
legs, frontal and anal plates, glossy pale brown; medio-dorsal 
and subdorsal stripes very distinct, dull pale yellow; there is also 
an indication of another but much less distinct pale line between 
- the subdorsal and spiracular regions; there are no perceptible 
spiracular lines. Spiracles large and very distinct, they are 
nearly round, but slightly oblong, and intensely black. Ventral 
surface uniformly dull pale yellow.—Gnuo. T. Porrirr; Hudders- 
field, March 8, 1883. 
Larv& or THE BririsH PreropHorit.—I am still wanting 
larve of several of our plume moths for observation and the 
completion of the history of this family now appearing in the 
‘Entomologist,’ among which I may mention Platyptilia bertrami, 
which feeds in young shoots of yarrow (Achillea) in May and 
June). P. isodactylus, feeds in stems of water ragwort (Senecio 
