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mences at the termination of this short white line and terminates on the I2ih 

 segment ; on each side are two series of oblique dark markings ; those of the upper 

 series commence on the 5th segment and are continued to the 12th, each commencing 

 about the middle of the side and passing obliquely upwards and backwards to the 

 median stripe, and there meeting a corresponding marking on the opposite side and 

 forming a series of V-shaped markings, the points of the V's directed backwards; 

 those V's on the 5th and 6th segments have the greatest intensity ; the 12th segment 

 is also much darker than the rest, but the dark portion has lost the V-shape : there is 

 a slender dark rivulet stripe on each side below the V-shaped markiogs, and from this 

 descend five other oblique markings, taking an opposite direction to the upper ones, 

 and terminating in the claspers; in the upper part of each of these is situated a white 

 spiracle; the 12th segment has a pale squarish patch behind : the anterior part of the 

 body is dark beneath. Feeds on a great variety of plants, and is particularly fond of 

 elder ; is full fed at the end of September, and buries itself in the earth in order to 

 undergo the change to a pupa. — Ed%vard Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Agrotis prcecox. — Head very pale brown, broadly 

 notched on the crown, a dark V-shaped mark pointing backwards on the face. 

 Colour of the body very various; a median dorsal series of longitudinal gray 

 markings, each extending almost the length of a segment and dilated posteriorly ; 

 these markings are margined on each side by others of smoky brown, which are nar- 

 rowed to mere lines in front, but dilated posteriorly; on each side of the nar- 

 rowed portion is a spot of the same colour : all the aforesaid markings constitute a 

 variegated median stripe ; on each side of this is a ferruginous stripe interrupted at 

 the segmental divisions, and below this on each side is a narrow stripe of smoke 

 colour ; then a narrow gray stripe, and then a broad smoke-coloured stripe extending 

 to the spiracles, which are black ; a gray stripe below the spiracles. Belly 

 dingy gray. Feeds on Alsine media (chickweed) ; full fed at Midsummer. I am in- 

 debted to Mr. Gregson, of Liverpool, for this larva. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Trachea piniperda. — Head pale wainscot-brown : body 

 clear pale brown, with five longitudinal white stripes, one of which is median, passing 

 down the very middle of the back ; the next on each side is subdorsal, and is bordered 

 above by a delicate jet-black line ; the next on each side is spiracular, and is accom- 

 panied beneath by an orange stripe : on all parts of this larva are scattered black dots, 

 but I can find no order in their distribution. Feeds on Pin us sylvestris (the Scotch 

 .fir), and is full fed on the 10th of July. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Orthosia instabilis. — Rolls in a ring when touched. 

 Head green, shining, unspotted. Body bright pea-green, with a whitish ring 

 immediately behind the head, a narrow whitish stripe down the very middle of the 

 back, another on each side supraspiracular ; intermediate between the dorsal and 

 supraspiracular stripes is another indistinct stripe, composed of a series of whitish dots : 

 every part of the larva is sprinkling with these whitish dots, except the belly, which is 

 sprinkled with black dots ; the disks of the claspers are also intensely black : occa- 

 sionally black dots of uniform size, but at irregular distances, appear on the back and 

 sides. It feeds on oak, and is full fed on the lOlh of July : it buries itself in the earth 

 to assume the pupa state. — Id. 



Description of the Larva of Teeniocampa gracilis. — Rolls in a ring when touched. 

 Back broadly dull green, with three paler narrow stripes, and between these paler 



