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were full-grown and went down May 28th. (G. T. 

 Porritt, 8th June, 1872; Ent., VI, 138, July, 1872.) 



OtiTHOSIA SUSPECTA. 



Plate LXXXII, fig. 3. 



In 1891, Orthosia suspecta seemed to be unusually 

 abundant in all its localities, and was especially so at 

 York, where throughout August it occurred in the 

 utmost profusion. Mr. William Hewett, of that city, 

 obtained eggs from specimens he captured there, part 

 of which he very kindly sent to me, and part to Dr. 

 Chapman, of Hereford. Mine, which I received on 

 September 20th, were deposited in a batch at the 

 bottom of a chip box, and were of ordinary globular 

 form, very glossy and smooth, the colour pale pinkish- 

 brown. They were kept outdoors all winter, and at 

 quite the end of April began to hatch out. Unfortu- 

 nately, I had to be in London at the time, and 

 through my inability to properly attend to them 

 there, all died. Fortunately, Dr. Chapman was more 

 successful with his, and on May 1 8th, he very kindly 

 let me have two larvas, which were then nearly full- 

 grown, and I described them at once as follows : 



Length, when at rest about three-quarters, when 

 crawling seven-eighths of an inch, and moderately 

 plump in proportion ; head small and polished, the 

 lobes rounded ; it is rather narrower than the 

 second, and considerably narrower than the third, 

 segment ; body rounded, slightly swollen from the 

 segmental divisions ; it gradually thickens from the 

 head to the fifth segment, beyond which it is of nearly 

 uniform width to the twelfth, when it tapers oft 

 rather abruptly ; segmental divisions well defined, the 

 skin smooth and velvety. 



Ground colour, as far as the spiracular region, 

 purplish-brown ; head yellow-brown, strongly marked 



