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wart emitting a number of radiating bristles. Head black, shining, with a white 

 median stripe ; body mottled with d.irk smoke-colour and dingy while, the white 

 forming a very obvious but narrow median dorsal stripe : all the warts are testaceous : 

 legs intensely black and shining; claspers and belly greenish gray. Feeds on Cra- 

 taegus Oxyacantha (whitethorn), and is full fed at the end of May, when it spins a 

 compact cocoon, attached to the stem of its foud-plant. The moth appears about the 

 end of July. I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Huckett for this larva, as well as the 

 two which follow. — E. Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Callimorpha dominula. — Rolls in a compact ring and 

 falls off its food when touched. Segments distinctly marked, each bearing nine or 

 ten shining black warts or excrescences, and each wart emitting a number of diverging 

 bristles. Ground colour of the body velvety opaque black, but interrupted by and 

 adorned with three longitudinal series of compound bright yellow spots: each series is 

 composed of eleven such spots ; one series dorsal and median, the others lateral ; and 

 in the lateral series the yellow spots alternate with others of a snowy whiteness, but 

 much smaller: legs black, shining; claspers and belly blue- gray. The spines on the 

 back are black, on the sides white. Feeds on various herbaceous plants, particularly 

 Cynoglossum officinale (hound's-tongue) and Urtica dioica (stinging nettle). The egg 

 is laid about Midsummer, and the young larva hybernates at the root of its food-plant; 

 in April it again commences feeding, and is full fed in May, when it spins a loose 

 cocoon among the leaves of its food-plant, and there changes to a chrysalis : the moth 

 appears on the wing about Midsummer. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Crocallis elinguaria. — Rests in a nearly straight posi- 

 tion ; does not fall off its food-plant or feign death when disturbed. Head prone, 

 partially withdrawn beneath the skin of the 2nd segment. Segments of the body 

 slightly swollen beneath ; back of r2th segment slightly raised, the raised portion 

 crowned with two small transversely placed warts, each of which emits a short black 

 bristle ; similar short black bristles are scattered over every part of the body. Colour 

 of both head and body uniform grayish brown, unadorned by any markings susceptible 

 of definition. Feeds on Crataegus Oxyacantha (whitethorn), makes a slight cocoon in 

 the surface of the earth, and the moth appears in July. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Cidaria dolala. — Rests on the posterior legs, with the 

 head erect and the prolegs contracted. Smooth, without humps or warts, long and 

 slender, attenuating towards the head. Pale yellowish green; dorsal line darker ; 

 subdorsal lines pale yellow, indistinct Feeds at night, on the black currant {Ribes 

 nigrum). Habit very sluggish, remaining sometimes for several days on one twig, 

 feeding on all the leaves within its reach before changing its position. The eggs were 

 laid on the 3rd of August, and hatched in the second week of April. Full fed at the 

 beginning of June. Spins a slight cocoon on the surface of the ground. Pupa pale 

 yellow, semitransparent. The perfect insect appeared at the end of June. — Percy C. 

 Wormald ; 10, Priory Road, Kilburn, November 6, 1861. 



Sugaring on a Turf Moss. — During the months of August and September I went 

 to our mosses nearly every night, to try what I could take on the heath-blossoms. I 

 tried for nearly a fortnight with little success, only catching a few Celaena Haworthii 

 before dark ; they were flying at a most furious rate. By sweeping I got next to 

 nothing, — only plenty of Noclua3 and the larvae of Eupithecia. Then I visited the 

 ragwort-blossoms on the edge of ihe moss, but only took a single C. Haworthii, 

 plenty of Agrotis nigricans, a few A. aquiliua, and a fair number of common species. 



