7762 Insects. 



Description of the Larva of Emmelesia albulata.— Head rounded, narrower than 

 the body ; body raiher stout, transversely wrinkled, having a corneous shining plate 

 on the back of the 'iud and 13lh segments. Mead intensely black and shining: body 

 dingy white, tinged with green, and having a broad median dorsal stripe and a nar- 

 rower lateral stripe darker green ; each segment has six, eight or ten minute black 

 dots; the plates on the 2nd and 13th segments are smoke-coloured, and there is a 

 similarly coloured corneous plate on the outer side of each of the posterior claspers: 

 legs and claspers nearly concolorous with the body, but rather more dusky. It spins 

 together the sepals of Rhinanthus Crista-galli (yellow rattle), feeding on the seeds, 

 and is full fed about the middle of August, when it changes to a pupa within the 

 domicile it has already formed : the moth does not appear until the following June. 

 I am indebted to the Rev. Hugh A. Stowell for a supply of this larva, the interesting 

 economy of which appears to have been known to Freyer. — Edward Netoman. 



Description of the Larva of Eupithecia pusillata. — Long, slender, and tapering 

 considerably towards the head. Ground colour orange-red or dull ocbreous-green. 

 Central dorsal line dusky olive, often only apparent on the anterior segments. 

 Subdorsal lines same colour. Spiracular line yellow. Segmental divisions orange. 

 Central ventral line yellowish. The above description was taken from larvae reared 

 from eggs kindly sent me by Mr. M'Lachlan. They fed on spruce fir, and were full 

 fed the first week in July. Pupa enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. Slender and 

 delicate. Pale ochreous-yellow. Eyes black and prominent. Upper edge of wing- 

 cases bordered with two black spots, lower edge by a slender blackish line. — 

 H. Harpur Crewe ; The Rectory, Drayton- Beauchamp, Tring, August 8. 



Description of the Larva of Eupithecia distinctata. — Rather long and slender, 

 tapering considerably towards the head. Ground colour dark green. Central dorsal 

 line broad, purplish red. Spiracular line indistinct, greenish yellow. Skin wrinkled. 

 Back studded with numerous very short, stiff, bristly hairs. Down the centre of the 

 belly a whitish line. Ventral segmental divisions yellowish. I have taken this larva 

 in Derbyshire and Bucks, feeding on flowers of Thymus Serpyllum, in August. Pupa 

 yellowish green and olive, enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. — Id. 



Doublebroodedness of Eupithecia assimitata. — At the beginning of July I took here 

 two full-fed larvae of Eupithecia assimilata on black currant. They spun up imme- 

 diately, and in about a fortnight both the perfect insects appeared. — Id.; August 13. 



Occurrence of the Larva of Eupithecia trisignata and E. tripunctata in Bucking- 

 hamshire. — I have lately been taking the larvae of both the above-named species on 

 flowers and seeds of Angelica sylvestris growing in the beech woods in this neigh- 

 bourhood. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Anticlea sinuaria. — Head slightly divided on the 

 crown, as broad as the body : body uniformly cylindrical, without humps or warts. 

 Head yellowish green, with mottled black markings : body yellowish or bright green, 

 with two black dorsal stripes scarcely so broad as the green median space between 

 them : spiracles black : legs and claspers pale green : all parts of the body emitting 

 fine short scattered black hairs. Feeds on Galium verum (lady's bedstraw), and is 

 full fed by the end of August. Spins a slight web among the leaves or flowers, and 

 changes to a short obese pupa, the wing-cases of which are very ample, and of a dark 

 brown colour ; the abdomen reddish. I am indebted to Mr. Brown, of Cambridge, 

 for this larva. — Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Anticlea berberaria. — Extremely sluggish and 



