FIDONIA BRUNNEATA. 143 
the moth from it appeared on the Ist of June. 
(John Hellins, June 28rd, 1868; H.M.M., September, 
1868, V, 108.) 
SCORIA DEALBATA. 
Plate CX XIII, fig. 2. 
My notes on the earlier stages of this species are 
not so satisfactory as I could wish, for they were 
jotted down in a busy time; but, as far as they go, I 
believe them to be correct. 
On the 2nd of July, 1864, I received indirectly from 
Mr. Wilks (late of Ashford) some eggs, which began 
to hatch on the 7th; I scarcely know any larva which 
varies so little in tint throughout its growth; of 
course, as the bulk increases, more lines and mottlings 
appear, but they are all of the same ochreous and 
erey tints throughout. Mr. Stainton, in the Hnto- 
mologist’s Annual for 1862, has described the larva 
just before hybernation, when he says it was seven- 
twelfths of an inch in length; but the three which I 
succeeded in retaining (some dozen others escaped 
from my not being able to attend to them in time) 
grew to a full inch in length before they ceased feed- 
ing; all through the winter I noticed that, except in 
the coldest weather, they remained extended on the 
leno covering of their flower-pot, as though very fond 
of fresh air. 
On the 14th February they began eating again, and 
orew slowly till the middle of April, when they 
changed skin for the last time. About the middle 
of May they seemed to have attained their full size, 
and began spinning about the 20th. 
When full-grown this larva is a longish, stout- 
looking smooth looper, tapering considerably from 
the hinder segments towards the head; the length an 
inch and a third; the head flat and rounded at the 
sides ; the anal flap large. 
