18 AGROTIS CURSORIA. 



ably of a pale brownish-buff tint ; the general colour- 

 ing of the body, up to more than half-growth, is a 

 lively glaucous-green on the back, and rather bluish or 

 greenish -grey on the sides, with the following details : 

 the dorsal line is bluish-grey, outlined with dark- 

 greenish-grey ; the subdorsal line is of a pale or 

 whitish-grej 7 , edged above with a strongly contrasting 

 dark greenish-grey line ; midway between this and 

 the spiracles, on the greenish-grey, rather transparent, 

 ground colour of the side, there runs another line of 

 pale whitish-grey, but undulating and interrupted in 

 character ; beneath this again, as far as the spiracles, 

 the ground colour is darker ; then follows a broad 

 stripe of greyish-white, having a fine, dark, grey 

 line running through it, the skin in this region being 

 rather rugose : the belly and legs are rather pale 

 greenish-grey ; the spiracles are black, and the tuber- 

 cular dots dark brown ; the head and plate behind it 

 are highly polished, and the rest of the body smooth- 

 skinned and shining. 



Soon after this period of half-growth, the larva 

 comes to be parti-coloured for a time, the front seg- 

 ments remaining green, whilst a patch of ochreous 

 tinges the back of the hinder segments ; by and by, this 

 by degrees spreads below, and extends gradually for- 

 wards, keeping pace with the growth of the larva until 

 it has attained its full size, when the whole of the body 

 is of the same buff colour as the head, relieved by the 

 whitish-grey lines before described, which are edged 

 with short streaks of darkish- grey just at the 

 beginning of each segment ; the tubercular dark 

 brown dots are now very conspicuous. 



The shape of the pupa is like that of many of its 

 congeners, moderately stout, smooth, and rather 

 shining, and of a pale golden-brown colour. 



(W. B., May, 1872 ; E.M.M., IX, 14, June, 1872.) 



