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with minute, circular, convex markings. Signs of fertility 
began to appear in reddish specks on the sides, together with 
a deepening of colour throughout. The young larve appeared 
on the seventh day, August 25th. 
S. vetulata.—Three females, taken the first and second 
weeks in July, laid a number of eggs on the ground, without 
any adhesive property: oblong, equally rounded at both 
ends; whitish, with the faintest yellow tinge, partially glossy. 
The deposition of the eggs did not take place till some time 
after the females had been taken. They were fed, and 
survived till the month of August. The eggs are now, 
November 18th, of a light brown. 
S. rhamnata.—Two females, having been fed about a 
fortnight, laid twenty eggs on August 3rd and thirty-two on 
August 4th: oblong, equally rounded at both ends; bright 
yellow ; became orange-coloured on the fourth day, of which 
colour they still remained on November 18th. 
C. picata.—A female, taken July 16th, laid thirty eggs: a 
few on the under surface of the leaves of the food- -plant 
(G. Mollugo), the rest pressed closely amongst the stems of 
the blossoms and the leaflets springing up around them: 
oblong, equally rounded at both ends; white, with faintest 
greenish tinge, partially glossy. 
P. H. JENNINGS. 
Longfield Rectory, Gravesend, 
November 18, 1875. 
Entomological Notes, Captures, Se. 
Descriplion of the Larva of Cidaria populata.—As there 
is such a slight description of the larva of this species in 
‘British Moths, I think a more complete one will not be 
considered out of place in the pages of the‘ Entomologist.’ I 
may say here, that although | have reared a large number of 
these larve, | have never seen any of the “ green-tinted” 
- forms mentioned by Mr. Newman. This year I fed up two 
broods from eggs obtained from moths captured last season, 
and from them the following notes were taken. The eggs 
were deposited about July, 1874, and began to hatch on the 
3rd of April of the present year. The newly-emerged larva 
