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hatching there steals a faint drab tint, or deeper 

 cream tint, with a deeper drab at one end ; this last 

 is caused by the head of the young larva. 



They began to hatch on the 29th and 30th of 

 October. 



The young larva is at first of a pale cream-colour 

 with a light brown head and a narrow plate a little 

 distance behind it on the second segment. (William 

 Buckler, November, 1874 ; Note Book II, 164.) 



On the 21st of May last, 1886, I received several 

 larvae of Ephestia ficella from Mr. W. G. Pearce, of 

 London. 



Length about three-eighths of an inch ; the head is 

 small, a little narrower than the second segment, and 

 is, along with the frontal and small anal plate, 

 polished ; the body is obese and cylindrical, but flat- 

 tened a little ventrally, and it tapers very slightly 

 posteriorly, but more strongly towards the head ; the 

 skin is glossy and smooth, though the segmental 

 divisions and slight transverse depressions on the 

 segments give to it a rather puckered appearance. 



The ground colour is greyish-white, strongly tinged 

 with pink ; the head is brown ; the mandibles and 

 frontal plate are darker sienna-brown ; the pulsating 

 dorsal vessel shows through the skin as a dorsal stripe 

 of a darker grey than the ground colour ; there are 

 no perceptible subdorsal or spiracular stripes ; the 

 tubercles are brown and conspicuous. The ventral 

 surface, legs, and prolegs are yellowish-white. 



It feeds on dried figs, raisins, currants, etc. 



I bred two moths only, the first on the 22nd of 

 July, the other not appearing until the 6th of Septem- 

 ber. (George T. Porritt, 11th May, 1887 ; E.M.M., 

 June, 1887, XXIV, 9.) 



