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(the whitish edgings of this stripe appear to me to be the most distinctive mark of 

 the species) ; the ventral surface and legs of the same colour as the back. 



On the 19th of May, Mr. H. Terry succeeded in finding a nearly full-grown 

 larva on grass in its native haunts, and subsequently two or three others on Sowers 

 of wild mint, and the leaves of Scabiosa arvensis, these he also forwarded to me : 

 they were then an inch and a-half in length, rather darker and less brilliant in 

 colour than the one reared by Mr. Horton, but otherwise similar, even in the 

 details, with the exception that the spiracles were pinkish flesh colour, delicately 

 edged with black, and each situated in a purplish-red crescentic blotch ; the plate 

 on the second segment slightly tinged with the same colour, and in the middle of 

 the sub-spiracular stripe there was a streak of dull pink beneath each spiracle. 



On June 19th, I received another larva from Dr. F. Buchanan White, who had 

 found it feeding on heather in Inverness-shire ; this would not touch grass, but fed 

 up on heather within a few days after I had it. 



This larva was of the same form and character as the foregoing, though the 

 ground colour was a rather bright olive-green, and the dorsal stripe becoming 

 suddenly blackish on the fifth segment continues so to the twelfth, being intensely 

 black just at the beginning of each of these segments ; on each of the same seg- 

 ments there was a black streak anteriorly on the upper edge of the sub-dorsal 

 stripe, there was also a fine black spiracular line interrupted only by the spiracles 

 themselves, and at the segmental divisions. 



Although, as I said, this last-named Scottish larva refused grass, yet from 

 what I could see of the others, I am of opinion that this species is a veritable 

 grass feeder, probably eating grass all through any mild weather that may occur in 

 winter, and in spring probably attacking any low plants that may suit its taste. 

 It seems also that the larvae invariably both feed and rest on the blades of grass 

 with their heads downwards. — Id. 



Notes on Lepidoptera observed at light at Norwich. — After living for years in a 

 country place out of the reach of gas, I looked forward with sanguine anticipations 

 to the opportunity of collecting afforded by the lamps round the outskirts of this 

 city. But it must be confessed that, thanks to the very unfavourable season for 

 insects, hard and constant work has given but meagre results ; of the few good 

 species, most having occurred only singly. 



Last October and November (being the end of a, good season), I found Nonagria, 

 lutosa and a few Petasia cassinea, while Diloba cwruleocephala, Cidaria miata, and 

 a few other species swarmed. This season I have found Porthesia chrysorrhosa 

 (singly!) Cerura bifida, Ennomos erosaria and fuscantaria, Acidalia promutata 

 (in plenty), Eupithecia subfulvata, assimilata, and fraxinata, Scotosia certata, 

 Phibalapteryx lignata, Pelurga comitata, Luperina cespitis, and a singularly pale form 

 of Dianthwcia carpophaga : a most scanty list for the amount of time and labour 

 bestowed. 



Among the smaller insects, the Crambites were well represented as to species, 

 though individuals were scarce. Among them were Schosnobius forflcellus, Homceo- 

 soma nimbella and nebulella, Phycis abietella, Bhodophcea formosella, advenella, 

 marmorea, and suavella. Of Tortrices and Tineina, I observed an unusual number 



