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held on the 7th October, 1882, Dr. Heylaerts read a 

 description of the larva and its habits, as observed by 

 him in Holland ; it is not so detailed as Mr. Buckler's, 

 and there are certain small discrepancies between the 

 two, but the results are practically the same. (Editors 

 of E.M.M., December, 1882, XIX, 154.) 



Nascia cilialis. 



A supposed larva of Nascia cilialis was found on 

 the 14th of August, 1868, at Wicken Fen, feeding on 

 Cladium mariscus, by Mr. W. R. Jeffrey, then of 

 Saffron Walden. 



The larva was about one inch long, thickest in the 

 middle, and tapering in front and rather more tapering 

 behind, loug and slender in character, with sixteen 

 legs. The ground colour of the back is yellow, of a 

 pale primrose tint anteriorly, deepening behind to a 

 fuller yellow ; the dorsal stripe is dark green at the 

 beginning on the second segment, changing gradually 

 after the fifth to reddish ; the subdorsal stripe of 

 purple is very broad along the middle of the body and 

 attenuated at either end, extended over the head ; 

 below this is a rather broad primrose-yellow stripe of 

 about equal width throughout, succeeded by a green 

 line, and then the bright deep yellow spiracular stripe, 

 much puffed and wrinkled, the spiracles being of the 

 same colour, and the belly and legs of a very pale 

 greenish tint. 



This larva unfortunately died, but another, which, 

 just like the above described, Mr. Jeffrey kept himself 

 on some kind of Garex, became full-fed and spun itself 

 up, in a silken cocoon or web of the colour of new 

 tracing-paper, on its food-plant ; the cocoon being 

 somewhat shuttle-shaped, nearly perpendicular, and 

 about seven-eighths of an inch in length ; but the 

 pupa died by or before the following spring. (William 

 Buckler, 1869; Note Book II, 138/) 



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