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seoment; each of these smoky marks is edged 
anteriorly with lemon-yellow. Usual dots minute, 
black. Ventral surface grey, with pink longitudinal 
lines. Some specimens have a much yellower appear- 
ance than others, with the oblique marks perfectly 
black, but edged with yellow in the same way. 
Var. 2. Ground colour bright emerald-green ; the 
head as in Var. 1; a narrow white line, edged with 
smoke-colour on the posterior segments, forms the 
medio-dorsal line; subdorsal and spiracular lines 
scarcely perceptible. ‘The oblique marks are brownish- 
red, surrounded with yellow, not so large as in Var. 1, 
and, unlike them, do not meet on the dorsal surface ; 
on the anal segment is a chocolate-brown wedge- 
shaped mark, edged anteriorly with pale yellow. 
Ventral surface uniformly green, thickly powdered 
with whitish. 
Feeds on oak, and rests in a very peculiar position, 
the food being grasped by the claspers, and the whole 
remaining portion of the body turned sideways against 
the food-plant, which gives it a very ludicrous appear- 
ance. ‘There are two equally distinct varieties of the 
pupa; those from the brown larve being grey, and 
those from the green variety green. ‘The first larva 
changed to a pupa on October 6th, and a moth ap- 
peared November 3rd. (George T. Porritt, November 
10th, 1871; H.M.M., January, 1872, VIII, 183.) 
EiPHYRA OMICRONARIA. 
Plate CXV, fig. 8. 
The Rev. P. H. Jennings, of Longfield Rectory, 
Gravesend, very kindly gave me the opportunity of 
rearing the larva of this species by sending a few eggs 
on the 10th of June, 1875. They hatched on the 21st 
of the same month, and the newly emerged larve 
were pinkish-brown, with the sides paler. Being 
supplhed with maple and sycamore they fed on both, 
