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slightly paler central stripe; the subdorsal line is 

 faintly seen as a paler brown line, edged with blackish 

 below ; the sides and belly are paler, and more 

 ochreous in tint; taken altogether, the larva has a 

 general appearance of a dingy, dark chocolate colour. 

 On the 15th of August my larva became a pupa, 

 naked, because I had unfortunately disturbed it whilst 

 setting about a slight cocoon ; its length was about a 

 quarter of an inch, its shape blunt at the head, tapering 

 gradually towards the tail, which was rounded, not 

 acute, cylindrical, with polished surface; in colour it 

 was all over alike, of a pale green, faintly tinged with 

 brown. (John Hellins, 2nd December, 1869 ; E.M.M., 

 February, 1870, VI, 216.) 



SCHRANKIA TURFOSALIS. 



On the 19th July, 1880, 1 received from Mr. W. H. 

 B. Fletcher, then at Lyndhurst, upwards of forty 

 eggs of this species, all laid loose on the 17th. 



The egg is globular, but with a flattened depression 

 on a part of the shell, which is most minutely pitted 

 or reticulated and glistening. The colour is faint 

 greenish-white. 



On the 24th I left home, and on my return on the 

 30th I found the eggs had all hatched, and the young 

 larvae had died for want of attention. 



Mr. Fletcher, who sent the eggs above mentioned, 

 has suggested Juncus conglomerate or some allied 

 species as the larval food, as he saw the moths flying 

 among the stems of that plant, and settling on them, 

 as they did also on the leaves of grasses, though not 

 so freely. 



On the 14th August about seven eggs of a pale 

 pinkish colour, but all hatched out but one, arrived 

 from Mr. Fletcher. The two larvse which were still 

 alive died while I was gone for food, the others being 

 already dead. 



