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as " the lobster," feeds on oak, and is full fed on the 25th September ; it then spins toge- 

 ther two or three oak leaves, and makes a retreat wherein to form its cocoon ; in this it 

 changes to a pupa, and when the united leaves fall on the approach of winter, they 

 form a kind of parachute, which conveys the pupa gently and safely to the ground, 

 where it remains throughout the winter. — Edivard Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Clostera reclusa. — When at rest maintains a straight 

 posture, the ventral surface being closely appressed to the leaf or twig of the food- 

 plant. Head black : body with a very broad median gray stripe down the back, in 

 which stripe is a central, tubercular, velvety spot on the 5th, and another on the 12th 

 segment; this stripe also contains yellow transverse markings, which are very distinct 

 on the 3rd, 4th and 6th segments : on each side of the gray median stripe is a broad, 

 lateral, smoke-coloured stripe ; the belly, legs and claspers are also smoke-coloured, 

 and between the smoke-colour of the lateral stripe and that of the belly is a narrower 

 stripe, composed of black and yellow spots and dots, and including the spiracles: the 

 entire body of the larva is slightly hiiry. Feeds on Salix capraea (sallow), and 

 Populus tremula (aspen), and is double-brooded ; the first brood is full fed on the 5th 

 July, the second on the 28th Sepleniber; then spinning a web amongst the leaves of 

 its food-plant, and turning to a pupa in the retreat thus fabricated, it remains in that 

 state throughout the winter. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Plilodontis palpina. — Does not roll itself in a ring or 

 feign death when handled. Head rather small : body without hairs or humps, but 

 rough with transverse wrinkles. Colour of both head and body glaucous green, with 

 six stripes ; two of these are slender, while, tolerably near together, running parallel 

 down the back ; each of them is composed of minute, raised, white warts ; on each 

 side of these is a lateral stripe of the same hue, but more slender, less conspicuous and 

 less evidently composed of warts ; and below this on each side, just above the spiracles, 

 is a most distinct yellow stripe, delicately margined, above with intense black ; on the 

 2nd and 3rd segments is a little patch of delicate lilac immediately adjoining the yel- 

 low stripe ; the two middle dorsal stripes and the yellow spiracular stripes, together 

 with their black margin, extend along the head to the very mouth ; but the middle 

 stripe on each side does not enter the head. Feeds on several varieties of broad and 

 narrow-leaved Salix (willow and sallow), and on more than one species of Populus 

 (poplar) ; is full fed on the 2nd of October ; spins on the surface of the ground, and 

 remains in the pupa state all the winter. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Notodonta camelina. — Does not roll in a ring or feign 

 death when handled ; when at rest it raises both ends. Head of moderate size, greenish ; 

 body uniformly cylindrical to the 12th segment, which is rather tumid, and has two 

 distinct but approximate warts on its back. The colour is glaucous green, paler on the 

 back ; the warts are tipped with pink and armed at the tip with a small fascicle of 

 short black bristles ; a slender bluish median stripe oiiginates on the back of the 3rd 

 segment, and passes in a direct line to between the pink-tipped warts on the 12th 

 segment ; the back is particularly inclined to white on each side of this median stripe ; 

 on each side of the body is a series of white spots, most of which enclose a black 

 spiracle, and behind each white spot, and closely adjoining it, is a pink spot; this 

 series of spots is connected together by a number of slender white lines, and the whole 

 together constitute what might with propriety be called a spiracular stripe. All parts 

 of the body emit scattered black bristles, the head and second segment have more 

 than the following segments ; the legs and claspers are pinkish ; the belly is distinctly 



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