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Mathewi LARVA NEWLY HATCHED. 
Almost exactly 2 mm. long, rather pale ochreous, head very pale, 
eye-spots and spiracles dark. Abdominal segments with six sub- 
segments. The tubercular hairs are colourless, very short curved and 
clubbed and lie down nearly flat to the larval surface, there are 
similar hairs on head, those on head and prothorax are directed 
forwards, the others backwards, and there are two tails extending 
beyond the pro-legs, carrying each a rather longer and straighter 
hair beneath it and another at its tip. The hairs on segments 
8 and 9 are rather longer than the others, but are equally curved, 
clubbed, and parallel with the surface. 
As to coloration the thorax is pale like the head, there is a darker 
dorsal line and a paler lateral, on the abdomen the interval between 
shows three reddish or flesh-coloured longitudinal bands, divided in 
separate blotches on each segment. 
September 19.—The little larva (only one remains, three 
others having disappeared whilst behaving like this one) 
has rested motionless on a grass-blade for the last seven 
weeks and has not only eaten nothing but has shown no 
wish to eat. It looks much the same as it did at first. 
This larva remained thus till found dead in the winter. 
It seems tolerably certain that the larva hibernates without 
eating anything as that of Argynnis paphia does. 
Lyc&NA IDAS, Ramb. (Plate V, figs. 18,14, 15.) 
Lycxna idas, Ramb., already referred to Ent. Proc. 1906, 
Dp. boo. 
Some 92 specimens were taken, unfortunately too large 
a proportion of them notin fine condition. As the species 
has hitherto had only ‘@ very limited known habitat in the 
S.E. of Spain, and this new station is not only over 400 
miles distant, but in the apparently very different climate 
of N.W. Spain, it may be well to note the facies of the 
Galician specimens, compared as well as one may with 
Rambur’s figures and description; the only specimens I 
have seen are those in the B. M. collection, they are rather 
small compared with mine and rather faded and differ from 
my specimens and equally from Rambur’s description in 
having much less of the white addendum to the discal spot. 
The Galician specimens are 26-30 mm. inexpanse. ‘They 
are not perhaps quite as black as astrarche, and when 
