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with a reddish tinge on the hind part of some of the 

 central segments ; it runs from the head to the tip of 

 the flap, and is narrowly margined with sulphur- 

 yellow. The subdorsal line is of a bright red-purple, 

 and is continued from the sides of the head round the 

 flap. The sides of the larva are bright yellow, most 

 intense next the subdorsal line, gradually fading into 

 the pale green of the ventral area. The warts are 

 indistinct, of the same colour as the part on which 

 they are situated ; each bears a short black hair, four 

 of which on the thirteenth segment are longer and 

 more conspicuous than the rest. The spiracles are 

 pale. 



The larva spent the winter in an opaque papery 

 cocoon in an old reed stem, and pupated early in the 

 second week in June. The moth (?) emerged on the 

 22nd June, 1887. 



The pupa measured 10 mm. by 2*5 mm. at the 

 widest part. The head, thorax, limb-cases, and upper 

 abdominal segments were nearly black, the posterior 

 segments yellowish on the ventral aspect, shaded off 

 into dark brown on the dorsal. The win^-cases were 

 well marked, those of the posterior wings projecting 

 beyond those of the anterior. The antenna! cases 

 curve outwards at their tips round those of the wings. 

 The thirteenth segment ends with a long, red, flat- 

 tened, horny process, which bears eight hooked spines 

 arranged in four pairs. (W. H. B. Fletcher, 3rd 

 September, 1887; E.M.M., October, 1887, XXIV, 

 115.) 



Figures 80 and 91 of this species are referred to as 

 having been made by Mr. Buckler, but are not to be 

 found among his drawings. — G. T. P. 



