258 NHPHOPTELIYX ItOBORELLA. 



The larvae spun themselves up in earthen-covered 

 cocoons from 6 to 7 lines long, of an oval shape, 

 smoothly lined with grey silk. 



The pupa measures 5 lines or 10^ mm. in length, 

 and is of moderate substance, without any peculiarity 

 in form ; the head, prothorax and thorax are most 

 distinctly defined ; the wing-covers are long and the 

 moveable segments of the abdomen taper a little to 

 the rounded-off extremity, which is furnished with 

 several extremely minute curly-topped bristles which 

 are held fast by the silken lining of the cocoon. In 

 colour it is of a dark mahogany brown, rather paler 

 at the last four segmental divisions of the abdomen, 

 and rather shining on all but the wing-covers, which 

 are dull. 



The moths from these larvae were bred from the 

 4th to the 7th of August, 1882. (William Buckler, 

 August, 1882 ; Note Book 1Y, 118, 120.) 



Pempelia oarnella. 

 Plate CLIX, fig. 1. 



For the opportunity of working out the history, 

 hitherto unknown, of this pretty species, I am greatly 

 indebted to my friend Mr. William R. Jeffrey, whose 

 kind exertions in obtaining eggs for the purpose, 

 during two seasons, I here most gratefully acknow- 

 ledge. 



On the first occasion eggs were laid by a female 

 captured on the 5th of August, and received by me on 

 the 11th, 1877, some adhering to the inner surface of 

 a pill-box, others to a leaf of violet, a few on marjoram 

 and leaves of other plants, the parent moth seeming 

 not at all particular on what they were deposited. 



To discover the food-plant, Mr. Jeffrey kindly sent 

 me, for potting, three large pieces of turf containing 

 a number of plants, dug from the spot where the 



