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subdorsal and the spiracles; the spiracles are whitish, 

 outlined with black, and immediately beneath them is 

 a whitish-green line, which is followed by a similar 

 one just above the legs, so that altogether there are 

 no less than twelve of these pale lines on the back 

 and sides ; the ventral surface is dull green ; the 

 head is of the freckled ground colour, the mouth 

 blackish, with the papillae whitish ; the second seg- 

 ment has a shining plate on which are faintly seen 

 the colours and lines of the back ; on each side of the 

 third segment in the subdorsal region is a conspicuous 

 transverse oval white spot, bearing a black dot within 

 its lower margin. The tubercular dots are blackish, 

 each emitting a rather long greenish hair ; though 

 amongst these larvae were some with whitish-green 

 dots, and two that varied in the ground colour, being 

 of a bluer green than the others above, and whitish- 

 green beneath. 



The moths appeared from the 12th to the 17th of 

 July, 1S69. (William Buckler, January, 1870 ; E.M.M., 

 June, 1870, VII, 14.) 



I received larvae of Bhodophxa formosella on the 

 3rd of October, 1877, from Mr. J. R. Wellman, of 

 London. 



They were full-grown, about five-eighths of an 

 inch long, and of moderate bulk in proportion. The 

 head has the lobes rounded, is a trifle narrower than 

 the second, but quite as wide as the third segment. 

 The body is cylindrical and of nearly uniform width, 

 throughout ; the skin has a slightly wrinkled and 

 velvety appearance, except on the second segment, 

 where it is smooth, and has a rather polished horny 

 appearance; there are a few scattered hairs. 



The ground colour is dark velvety green ; the head 

 is of the same colour, but very faintly and indistinctly 

 freckled with greyish. Two fine interrupted grey 

 lines extend throughout the dorsal area ; below them 

 is a similar subdorsal line, followed by two more 

 similar lines between it and the spiracles ; and again 



