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green, the other parts brown, the anal spike blackish ; 
the whole surface glossy. (William Buckler, 30th 
July, 1875; E.M.M., September, 1875, XII, 84.) 
On August 12th, 1877, I received a batch of about 
24 egos of this species from Mr. W. H. Ballett 
Fletcher, of Lyndhurst, laid by a captive female on 
the 9th and 10th, the parent having been taken from 
the trunk of a beech tree. These eggs were laid on 
a small branch of Usnea barbata, each egg separate, 
often at the very extremity, or near it, of the fine tips 
of the lichen, and adhering to them. 
The shape of the egg is roundish-oval, with a de- 
pression on either side, its surface covered with 
minute pits, the colour light greyish-greenish-white, 
and glistening. 
None of this batch of eggs hatched, but Mr. 
Ballett Fletcher obtained a few others from a much 
worn female, captured towards the end of August, 
and these eggs changed colour, two days after being 
laid, to a faintly perceptible pink tint. They hatched 
on the 10th September, and on the same day were 
forwarded to me with a bit of the lichen in a quill. 
On the 11th I received them, and found two or 
three had died during the journey. ‘The others, 
very active little loopers, now two days old, were 
flesh-coloured, without any markings. ‘lhey feed on 
the fine extreme tips of the branches of the lichen. 
By September 22nd they had moulted once, if not 
twice, and were still unicolorous but something more 
ereenish-ochreous in their colour, and tinted rather 
deeper on the back than on the belly. On October 
Sth I found they had died from the plant being 
attacked with mildew. (William Buckler, October, 
1877; Note Book III, 209.) 
