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parent moth ; three or four were laid singly about the 

 side of the box. The shape of the egg is round or 

 globular, with a slight depression on part of its sur- 

 face ; the shell seems to be most minutely pitted ; the 

 colour a light greenish-yellow and glistening ; by the 

 15th July the eggs became of a slight tint of flesh 

 colour, and showed at one part a faint spot of brown 

 through the surface. 



In the afternoon of July 17th thirteen of the eggs 

 hatched, and the young larvse seemed strong and 

 crawled actively about the box ; their bodies were of 

 the faintest tinge of flesh colour, with brown heads 

 and plates (some were darker brown than the others) ; 

 the anterior part of the thirteenth segment having a 

 narrow plate beside the anal flap ; the plate on the 

 second segment was narrow, and far back from the 

 head, and was paler than the others. 



Without much hope I placed these larvae on striped 

 ribbon-grass in a neighbouring garden, being unable 

 to find their proper food, Festuca arundinacea, but I 

 saw them no more; and when I sought for them in 

 April, 1882, I found no trace of them on the stems. 



On the 12th July, 1883, I received another batch of 

 eggs from Mr. Webb ; the larvse hatched on the 26th, 

 and were put on Festuca arundinacea. (W. B., Note 

 Book IV, 78.) 



Meliana flammea. 



Plate LX, fig. 3. 



I have to express my deep sense of thankfulness to 

 Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher for his great kindness in supply- 

 ing me with a dozen examples of the larva on the 18th 

 of September, 1882, and on subsequent occasions with 

 their food, which otherwise I could not have obtained 

 for them, also for points of interest connected with 

 the discovery of the larva by his friend, Mr. F. D. 

 Wheeler, of Norwich, some three or four years ago, 



