162 SPILODES PALEALIS. 



tubercles intense black; prolegs also tipped with 

 black on the outside. 



One larva had the ground colour of the dorsal 

 surface purple, the dorsal stripe darker purple, 

 and the black tubercles encircled with pinkish ; 

 the spiracular region was also pinkish. (George T. 

 Porritt, 7th November, 1878 ; Entom., January, 1879, 

 XII, 17.) 



SCOPULA ALP1NAL1S. 



On the 15th of August, 1874, I received from Mr. 

 J. T. Carrington a few eggs of this species, that bad 

 been laid on the 23rd of July on the lid and sides of 

 a pill-box. 



These eggs were round and almost flat, laid singly 

 and in little groups of two, three, four or more 

 together, generally the edges of some overlapping the 

 others, like thin scales, which they much resembled, 

 their glistening surface (most finely reticulated and 

 depressed or indented in an irregular manner) so 

 transparent as to take the colour of the surface on 

 which they are laid when the light is not shining and 

 caught by their irregular surface ; but when the light 

 shone the illumined parts had a faint greyish pearly 

 lustre. (William Buckler, 18th August, 1874; Note 

 Book II, 101.) 



SCOPULA LUTEALIS. 



Plate CLV, fig. 1. 



For years I have tried to find out the larva of this 

 species, but, although the perfect insect is so abundant 

 with us as to become almost a nuisauce when it is out, 

 it was not until the present season that my endeavours 

 were crowned with success. 1 had done my best 



