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tinged with red, in some specimens the red being much 
stronger than in others, especially on the dorsal surface ; 
head pale brown, with a conspicuous dark brown mark on 
each lobe in front. A narrow yellowish line, edged with 
smoke-colour, forms the medio-dorsal line; subdorsal lines 
yellowish; these and the medio-dorsal line are very much 
interrupted, and very conspicuous only on the 2nd segment, 
where they are much broader and nearly white; there are no 
perceptible spiracular lines; the subdorsal lines are sur- 
mounted on each segment, from the 4th to the 12th, by a 
small yellow triangular mark, the apex of each pointing 
towards the head, and these marks are bordered above with 
rather broad smoky marks, which appear to meet on the 
medio-dorsal line, each pair forming a V-shaped mark, the 
apex pointing backwards; those on the 11th and 12th seg- 
ments, however, are much larger and blacker than the others, 
and take the character of distinct marks, almost obliterating 
the yellow spots beneath them; a broad, dull, reddish band 
extends along the spiracular region, and the space between 
this and the subdorsal line is variegated with smoke-colour ; 
spiracles and trapezoidal dots black. Ventral surface and 
claspers dirty grayish ochreous and semi-translucent; legs 
shining, pale pinkish brown.—Geo. T. Porritt ; Huddersfield. 
Description of the Larva of Notodonta cucullina.—On the 
7th of August last I received from Mr. F. D. Wheeler, of 
Norwich, seven or eight larve of this species, and on the 
following day took down a description as follows:—Length 
about an inch and a quarter, and of average bulk in propor- 
tion; the front of the head flat, but the sides of the lobes 
rounded; it is broader than the 2nd segment, and slightly 
notched on the crown. Body irregularly cylindrical; of the 
segments, the 2nd is narrowest, and from it they gradually 
widen to the 6th, from which, to the 12th, they are of about 
equal width, but the 13th is rather sharply attenuated to the 
anal extremity. On the 12th segment is a prominent dorsal 
hump, and a smaller double hump on the dth, 6th, 7th, 8th, 
and 9th, these humps being most conspicuous when the larva 
is at rest. Skin soft and puckered, and the segmental folds 
deeply marked. Ground colour grayish white, tinged with 
green; the head very pale yellowish brown, with chocolate- 
brown streak on each side and at some distance from the 
median suture; there are several similarly-coloured marks 
