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of the head is brown and its surface very glabrous ; that of 

 the body apple-green, with four narrow longitudinal whitish 

 stripes, and two oblique lines of the same hue on each side 

 of each segment ; two of the longitudinal stripes are dorsal, 

 they are distant on the 2nd and 3rd segments, gradually 

 approach on the 4th and 5th segments, and thence run 

 parallel to the 13th ; the other stripes are lateral, and, 

 ruiming completely round the margin of all the segments of 

 the body, unite on the 2nd and 13th segments ; on the 2nd 

 segment are two short pale longitudinal lines, side by side : 

 the ventral surface, including the legs and claspers, is pale 

 semi-transparent glaucous green, with a vague medio-ventral 

 smoke-coloured stripe, probably due to the presence of food 

 in the intestinal canal. These larvae, which were kindly 

 presented to me by Mr. Wm. J. Argent, were full fed on the 

 6th of June. — Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Lyccdna Cory don. — Rests in 

 a flat position on its food-plant, with the ventral surface 

 appressed to the leaves, and its head, legs and claspers con- 

 cealed ; if annoyed it will fall to the ground, with both ex- 

 tremities slightly incurved, but the anterior extremity most 

 so; the head is almost globular, but rather produced towards 

 the mouth ; it is about one-third as wide as the 2nd segment, 

 and entirely retractile within that segment ; the body is 

 woodlouse-shaped, and in crawling, as in resting, both the 

 head and legs are concealed ; the divisions of the segments 

 are decidedly marked ; on the back is a double dorsal row of 

 eight approximate humps, two on each segment from the 3rd 

 to the 10th, both inclusive; the margin of the body is dilated 

 all round, and this greatly contributes to the woodlouse 

 appearance of the larva ; the surface of the body is finely 

 shagreened, and sprinkled over with black dots, each of 

 which emits a short but rigid bristle; the surface of the larva 

 in this respect closely resembles the glandular surface of the 

 stems and leaves of some plants : these gland-like bristles 

 are particularly observable on the dilated lateral margin : 

 the legs and claspers form a double medio-ventral series. 

 The colour of the head is dark brown, almost black, and 

 highly glabrous ; the body is dull opaque green, with six 

 longitudinal series of oblong gamboge-yellow spots ; two of 

 these series are dorsal and approximate, and each series con- 

 sists of eight such spots ; the direction of the spots is rather 



