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district and the south of England ; it is also taken in Cheshire 

 and in the North; in Scotland, in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh ; and near Belfast in Ireland. We, some fourteen years 

 since, took all the varieties in great numbers near Shooter's Hill 

 in Kent. 



The pupa measures 3^ lines. Eye-cases black. Head, thorax, 

 limb- and wing-cases shining, sordid olive-green colour. Ab- 

 domen dull chocolate-colour. It remains in this state about a 

 month. 



The larva feeds on the Whitethorn, Laurel, and Wild Apple, 

 between united leaves. It is of a yellowish-green colour, 7 lines 

 in length when full-grown. Head hazel-colour, shining ; labrum 

 chestnut-colour; shield very transparent, yellowish green, shaded 

 with pale brown posteriorly ; spots small, concolorous, shining, 

 elevated ; anal segment with a rugose, opaque, green patch not 

 punctured; hairs sulphur- coloured; true legs with the bases of 

 the joints broadly black. Before going into pupa it spins the 

 leaves together with a lining of shining white silk. 



2. Shepherdana, Step. Alls anticis ochraceis aut fermgineis brunneo 

 reticulatis, nebulis tribus fuscescentibus costalibus ; posticis albi- 

 cantibus. J Exp. al. 6-6-1- li n . 



Head and face dull ferruginous. Eyes black. Palpi twice the 

 length of the head, dull ferruginous. Antennas fuscous. Thorax and 

 patagia ferruginous, sometimes inclining to brown. Anterior wings 

 dull ochreous, with the markings and reticulations umbreous. At 

 one-third from the base is a fine, distinct, undulating streak ; another 

 straighter one before, and a third one beyond the middle ; the latter 

 much diverted in its course towards the apex, all reaching the dorsal 

 margin. Between these last two is a brown undefined cloud ; the 

 apical margin umbreous. Apical scales ferruginous, with pale bases. 

 Cilia same colour, but rather paler. Posterior wings glossy, whitish 

 at the base, with a slight smoky appearance at the apex, and re- 

 ticulated with fuscous, the reticulations showing through from the 

 under-surface ; the margin with a fine fuscous line. Marginal 

 scales fuscous, with pale bases. Cilia pale straw- colour, inclining to 

 ochreous at the apex. Legs straw-colour; tarsi alternated with 

 fuscous. Abdomen shining grey at the base, approaching to fuscous 

 towards the apex ; the caudal tuft ochreous. $ Exp. al. 6-6^- lin. 

 Anterior wings have the ground-colour more brown than ochreous, 

 but the markings are the same. 



Very rare ; constant in colour and markings. 



The imago was bred in 1851 by Mr. Edwin Shepherd from 

 larvae feeding in the flower-heads of Hemp Agrimony (Eupa- 

 torium cannabinum). It has since been bred by Mr. J. B. Hodg- 



