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on the 27th of June, in this year. The fore wings are much more suffused with 

 orano;e than those of the specimen which Mr. Curtis figured, and the specimen 

 resembles exactly the Italian specimen of Cleopatra in Mr. Hope's collection. — 

 H.Adair Pickard ; Christ Church, Oxford, August 27, } 860. —From the ' Intelli- 

 gencer.' 



Description of the Larva of Acidalia inornata. — Full-fed larva rigid, rugose ; body 

 rich dark chocolate-brown, intersectional bands grayish, with a light spot in the 

 centre; head slightly bifid, with two raised white spots at the back ; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines light and distinct on the first four segments, interrupted to the ninth ; 

 dorsal lozenges on the middle segments indicated by a dark outline, half of the last 

 lozenge and hinder segments light brown, with a broad daik line running down the 

 centre; belly gray. This larva hybernates, and will feed on Polygonum aviculare, 

 P. Hydropiper, a species of Galium, Cerastium arvense, &c. — James Batty; 

 133, South Street, Park, Sheffield, August 20, I860.— Id. 



Description of the Larva of Eupithecia satyrata. — ■ 



Var. 1. Ground-colour pale yellowish green, segmental divisions yellow. Central 

 dorsal line dusky green. Down the centre of the back a series of Y-shaped dusky 

 green blotches, edged with purplish brown, and becoming confluent or merged in the 

 central line on the anterior and posterior segments. Subdorsal lines very slender and 

 indistinct, dusky green. Spiracular line yellow. Between the subdorsal and spira- 

 cular lines a row of small slanting purplish blotches. Back studded with very 

 minute yellowish tubercles. 



Var. 2. Back greenish white. Central dorsal line pinkish or rose-colour. Sub- 

 dorsal lines ditto. Down the centre of the back a series of large rose-coloured and 

 rusty red goblet-shaped blotches, becoming faint or merged in the central line on the 

 anterior and posterior segments. Spiracular line waved, rose-colour. Subdorsal and 

 spiracular lines connected by a number of slanting rose-coloured streaks. Belly pale 

 sea-green or greenish white, with a central white line. Back studded with numerous 

 small white tubercles. 



Var. 3. Whole of the back suffused with rose-colour. Subdorsal lines yellowish. 

 Dorsal blotches edged with yellow. Spiracular line interrupted with yellow patches. 

 Belly greenish white. Ventral segmental divisions white. 



This larva tapers considerably towards the head; it is very local, but occurs in 

 some plenty in some parts of Buckinghamshire, where, however, it is confined to the 

 open spaces between and near the beech woods. It feeds upon the petals of almost 

 any flower which happens to grow in the locality, e. g., Centaurea nigra, Knautia 

 arvensis, Gentiana Amarella and G. campestris, Apargia hispida, Origanum vulgare. 

 Prunella vulgaris, Galium Mollugo, &c., preferring the two first-named. It is full- 

 fed in September. The pupa, which is enclosed in an earthen cocoon, has the thorax 

 and wing-cases golden yellow suffused with red. Abdominal divisions and tip red. 

 The perfect insect appears in June. — H. Harpur Crewe ; Drayton-Beauchamp, Sep- 

 tember 22, 1860. 



Description of the Larva of Eupithecia helveticata. — Short and stumpy, the same 

 thickness from tip to tail. Back and belly bright green. Central dorsal line dark 

 green. Subdorsal lines pale yellow. Spiracular line yellow, waved. Anal tip of cen- 

 tral dorsal line purplish. Head slightly bifid, dusky, curved inwards. Central ven- 

 tral line pale yellow. Spaces between the subdorsal and spiracular lines darker green 

 than back and belly. Feeds on the common juniper (Juniperus communis). Full- 



