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quite siuoolli. Head pellucid shining glaucfiiis-green : liody delicate, clear bright 

 greeu, velvety, with a slender pale median stripe on the back, very indistinct, but 

 rendered pen:eplible by the action of the dorsal canal ; a narrow transverse yellowish 

 band crosses the back of the r2lh segment ; the dorsal surface mottled with indistinct 

 paler dots; the ventral surface glaucous-green, unspotted. Feeds on Quercus Robur 

 (oak), is full fed in the beginning of July, and changes to a pupa on the surface 

 of the earth, perhaps spinning a few silken threads, but making nothing that can be 

 properly called a cocoon. The moth does not appear until the following March. — 

 Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Ttsniocampa munda. — Falls ofl' its food, rolls in a ring 

 and feigns deaih when touched or disturbed. Smooth, uniformly cylindrical. Head 

 nearly equal to the body in diameter, pale, very shining, wainscol-brown, mottled with 

 black in the middle of the face, and reticulated on the cheeks. Ground colour of the 

 body putty-white, mottled or sprinkled and obscurely reticulated with velvety black ; 

 median area of the back paler, almost assuming the appearance of a broad pale dorsal 

 stripe, and on each side of this stripe is a series of small circular pure white spots ; 

 these are three in number on each segment, and are not arranged in a direct line, the 

 middle one of each three being slightly nearer a mediau line of the back than either of 

 the others ; an intensely black, but not clearly defined, narrow, waved black stripe 

 extends the whole length of each side, and immediately below this is a pale area, and 

 in this area are small white patches on the 4lh, 5th and 6th segments; the dorsal sur- 

 face of the l'2th segment is very dark, except on its posterior margin, which is pale ; 

 legs and claspers pale ; last pair of claspers spreading; belly smoky gray. Feeds on 

 Quercus Robur (oak) and plum, and is full fed at the end of May. I am indebted to 

 the Rev. J. Hellins for the opportunity of describing this larva. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Orthosia Upsilon. — Rolls itself into a lax ring when 

 disturbed, and falls off its food-plant, but very soon abandons this posture, and crawls 

 with great vigour and almost incredible activity ; head small ; body uniformly cylin- 

 drical, smooth, velvety. Head shining, pale brown, reticulated with darker brown ; 

 body brown, with a median series of somewhat shuttle-shaped pale markings, placed 

 end to end, and forming an almost continuous stripe: there is a slighily paler_ stripe 

 on each side, including the spiracles, which are situated just within its upper margin : 

 the dorsal area, as far as this lateral stripe, is variegated or marbled with velvety 

 black : the belly and claspers are paler. Feeds by night, ou Salix Russelliana (the 

 Bedford willow) and other narrow-leaved species of the same genus ; descending in 

 the morning to the ground, or concealing itself in a crevice of the bark : on the ap- 

 proach of night these larvse leave their hiding-places, and crawl up the trunks of the 

 willows, travelling at a great rate, and in windy weather invariably keeping on the 

 lee side of the trunk : they are full fed at the endjof May, when they finally descend to 

 the ground, and change to pupas in a slight cocoon on the surface of the earth. The 

 moth appears in July, and may be observed flying in great abundance i-ound the tops 

 of willows, especially in the rope-walks near London : it probably lays its eggs on the 

 topmost twigs. I am indebted both to Mr. Wright and Mr. Huckett for this laiTa.— 7rf. 



Occurrence of a new British Noctua in Ireland. — Mr. C. G. Barrett has again 

 been successful in taking an Hadena new to Britain, at light, in Ireland. It has a 

 great resemblance to Hadena Protea, but is considerably larger : the name will be 

 ascertained, and published in the ' Zoologist' as soon as practicable. — /(/. 



