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themselves with, that the cloth seemed to be but little 

 gnawed. I therefore placed some crumbs of biscuit 

 beneath the bit of cloth, so as to be in contact with 

 the larvae, and in the course of the following day I 

 found they were spinning fresh habitations, and 

 uniting some of the biscuit to the cloth. 



The other larvse after examination remained from 

 this time in their cells unmolested, and apparent^ 

 content, but in the course of March, 1873, I found 

 two or three wandering about the top of their cage as 

 though in quest of other quarters ; not liking to 

 touch the biscuit, I now twisted up some soft paper 

 into little hollow cones, and put them into the cage, 

 and this provision proved suitable, for I found 

 eventually that all the larvae had spun up in them. 

 The moths came forth from the 7th to the 11th of 

 July. 



The full-grown larva is little more than three- 

 eighths of an inch in length, cylindrical, not very 

 stout, tapering a little from the third segment towards 

 the head, and a little on the two hinder segments ; it 

 is of a pale flesh-colour, without gloss, excepting on 

 the head, the plate behind it, and the anal plate, which 

 are shining and reddish-brown ; the tubercular dots 

 are similarly coloured, and though very minute are 

 yet distinct ; on the side of the third and of the 

 twelfth segment is an ocellated spot of blackish- 

 brown with whitish centre; the plate on the second 

 segment is divided down the back by a thread of 

 flesh-colour ; otherwise it is without any line. 



In the immature larva the plates are darker brown, 

 and the body is almost colourless, of wax-like texture 

 of skin. 



The pupa is nearly four lines in length, thickest in 

 the middle, but not stout, the tail rather rounded, 

 pale brown in colour, the head darker brown ; it lies 

 in a whitish silken hammock, a little longer than 

 itself. (William Buckler, December, 1873; E.M.M., 

 February, 1874, X, 213.) 



