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the smallest pale pinkish-grey, the next sizes more 

 strongly tinged with pink, and the largest a darker 

 reddish-grey, the ground colour of each being paler 

 on the hinder segments, and by degrees darker 

 towards the head ; the belly is a little paler than the 

 back. The conspicuous character of this genus — the 

 dark shining spots — were in the smallest example 

 lightish brown, and blackish-brown in the others ; the 

 anterior plate dingy brown in the smallest, and quite 

 black in the largest, dorsally divided by a fine thread 

 of greyish ; the head of each was quite black, and the 

 hinder plate of the ground colour. 



At the beginning of June, the larvae, then full- 

 grown, were all of about the same size, measuring 

 three-quarters of an inch in length, and their skins 

 changed to a light fawn-colour and to light brown, 

 and as before, smooth without gloss, the head, plates 

 and spots only being glossy ; the spots on the thoracic 

 segments transversely oval and fusiform, on the back 

 of the other segments the first pair transversely 

 squarish-ovate, the second pair transversely linear; 

 those along the sides longitudinally squarish-ovate ; 

 those situated behind and below the spiracles of the 

 ground colour but shining; the spiracles are small, 

 round and black. 



The pupa is nearly half an inch in length, rather 

 slender, with longish wing-covers, smooth and shining, 

 of a light brown colour. (William Buckler, 3rd April, 

 1876; E.M.M., June, 1876, XIII, 14.) 



Crambus fubcatelltjs. 



Eggs were received from Dr. White on the 2nd of 

 August, 1871. 



The egg is of an oval shape, of a drab colour, 

 changing to reddish and deep red, then deep greyish 

 just before hatching. 



The eggs hatched on the 10th of August. 



