234 CRYPTOBLABKS MSTRIGA. 



marbled with rather a deeper tint of brown ; the dorsal 

 line yet deeper ; the subdorsal line blackish-brown, 

 followed by a line of the light brown colour, then by 

 a broadish stripe of blackish-brown, and beneath this 

 a broad band of cream-colour having a brown line 

 running through the middle of it; the belly and legs 

 drab, which deepens under the thoracic segments to 

 blackish-brown ; the spiracles are light brown and not 

 easily seen ; the small tubercular dots are black, each 

 bearing a fine hair; an ocellated spot of brown, with 

 a black centre and a long hair, is on either side of the 

 third and the twelfth segments. 



The pupa, nearly four lines in length, is rather 

 slender and of the usual shape, the surface of the 

 abdomen slightly punctated, though smooth at the 

 divisions, the tip ending with two curled-topped 

 spines ; the minute spiracles rather prominent and 

 black, all the rest being of a dark reddish-brown, 

 and shining. (William Buckler, 1st August, 1876; 

 E.M.M., October, 1876, XIII, 111.) 



Nyctegretes achatinella. 



In July, 18S3, Mr. Sydney "Webb, of Dover, sent me 

 eggs of Nyctegretes achatinella. They were round, 

 without polish, but of a bright red colour. By the 

 4th of August they were hatched, the newly-emerged 

 larvse being pinkish-yellow, with a conspicuous red 

 mark on the dorsal area, and the head brown. 

 (George T. Porritt, Note Book, 1883.) 



My i<: lois gribrum. 



Plate CLVIII, fig. 3. 



On the 26th of April last, 1878, I received, through 

 the kindness of Mr. John Wilson, of Bermondsey, a 

 few larvae of tins species. Some of them were appa- 



