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the three hinder segments paler, and some bristly 

 hairs on the body. 



Had they been placed at first on a growing plant, 

 probably they wonld have thriven. (William Buckler, 

 8th September, 1877 ; Note Book III, 208.) 



Of this hitherto unknown larva I have at last suc- 

 ceeding in rearing some from eggs. It has baffled 

 me for years to find any special plant to feed it upon. 

 The most likely plant was the enchanter's nightshade, 

 Of this I have beaten acres to no purpose ; in fact, it 

 seemed a hopeless task even to discover whether the 

 larva was green or brown, or what it was like. Now, 

 however, I am able to give its history up to date. 

 During the month of July I spent nine days in the 

 Lake district, and paid special attention to getting 

 this species, as usual. The species only comes oufc of 

 the dark woods when worn. I secured about a dozen 

 females, all of which I kept to lay eggs. 



About twenty eggs hatched in the second week of 

 August. I put in the glass, along with them, Hype- 

 ricum, enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana), 

 dead-nettle (Lamium), groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), 

 knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare), and many other 

 plants ; and last, not least, a leaf or two of the garden 

 nasturtium. Several of them went to work by 

 making a round hole through a leaf of the last 

 plant, — one appearing to take better to it than the 

 others ; the rest seemed inclined to hybernate, while 

 this one was nearly full-fed. 



It is quite seven-eighths of an inch long, and the 

 following is a rough description : 



Ground colour of the back and sides a rich dark 

 salmon, tinted brown at each segment; on the back 

 there is a pale pink lozenge-shaped spot, darker at the 

 edges, and in the centre of the spot is a clear black 

 wedge-shaped mark ; the colour on the back at the 

 anal extremity becomes much paler for three-eighths of 

 an inch, and there are two rows of spots of a 

 brownish-black down to the anal point; the sides and 



