DORSET LF.riUOPTERA IX 1892-3. 69 



the pupa is chestnut brown, with the wing cases greenish or entirely 

 brown. 



Further experience of tlie moth lias shewn me tliat it varies 

 considerably, some of the specimens being very pale, almost cream- 

 coloured, with dark grey markings on the veins and elsewliere, I 

 have one specimen of the ordinary cinereous grey form, but 

 with the transverse lines very distinct and dark, a handsome and 

 unique variety. The habits of the imago seem most retiring, and 

 this doubtless accounts for the rarity of its captures. It is one of 

 the most difficult moths to see in the breeding cage, especially 

 when sitting on a dead stem or piece of stick. It sits very closely 

 and looks like an accidental slight excrescence, so that one may look 

 for some time without noticing it. 



I have mucli pleasure in presenting a specimen to our Museunn 

 and I hope that we shall soon be able, with the help of our 

 entomological friends, to make some show in the excellent cabinets 

 which have been provided, so that the vurtliy Secretary and 

 Curator may no longer have to mourn over the absence of a 

 collection of inrcrtebrate animals. 



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