42 ABIA PASCIATA. 



July 9th, 10.20 a.m. Twenty-five moulted for fourth 

 time, 22 25 mm. in length. 



July 10th, 7.5 a.m. Twenty-six moulted; longest 

 2^3 cm. 



July llth, 7.20 a.m. Twenty-seven moulted; 

 longest m 3 cm. 



July 12th, 7.55 a.m. Greatest length at rest 3 cm. 

 In one or two there are indications of that clearing of 

 colour which precedes spinning up. 



July 13th, 7.20 a.m. Three cm. seems the very out- 

 side limit of length. At rest many are much smaller. 



July 15th, 410 p.m. Still feeding, and only one or 

 two decidedly brightening before spinning up. Some- 

 thing of the characteristic bad smell. No appearance 

 of mucous discharge. No increase in length in the 

 largest. 



July 16th, 6.45 a.m. No spinning up yet, sluggish, 

 Getting smaller (?). One decidedly clear coloured. 

 The signs of approaching spinning up are : The 

 colour becoming clearer ; general diminution in size ; 

 sluggishness ; the insects lying curled up ; bad smell ; 

 decrease of frass ; mucous discharge. The latter is, 

 with the characteristic mal-odour, a proximate sign. 



July 17th, 7.50 a.m. First cocoon. 



July 18th. Three more cocoons. Most are now 

 clear coloured. Some mucous threads and cocoons 

 begun. Spinning up of main body well now set in. 



July 23rd. Found twenty-three cocoons; only the 

 little one has still to spin up. 



August 5th. The last cocoon made. 



The full-grown larva has a black shining head, the 

 colour lighter at the mouth, and it is covered with 

 short hair. The body is shining greenish-grey, some- 

 times bluish along the back, and may even be yellow- 

 ish in tint there. Above the stigmas are two rows of 

 irregular black marks, and a row of similar marks 

 goes down the centre of the back. Below the'stigmas, 

 above and a little in front of the second pair of legs, is 

 a row of larger and much longer marks, which form 



