EMMELESIA MNIATA. 9 



abdomen are of a pale pinkish-yellow, with no other 

 markings than two spots at each segment underneath 

 of this shape ; legs same colour as abdomen ; the head 

 slightly darker, with short scattered hairs. 



The habit of the larva is much after that of Emme- 

 lesia unifasciata ; when touched it frisks about, as if 

 it wanted to be played with. (J. B. Hodgkinson, 

 12th September, 1878 ; Entom., October, 1878, XI, 

 231.) 



The moth appears from the middle of June to the 

 end of July. 



The larva hatches about six weeks after the egg is 

 deposited, goes into hybernation when about a quarter 

 of an inch long, and commences to feed again in 

 April on the fruit of any of the mosses, but perhaps 

 more frequently on a species of Bryum which grows in 

 wet places. 



The following is a brief description of the larva : 



Length five-eighths of an inch. The upper portion 

 of the body is fairly hairy or spiny, light brown in 

 colour, with a dorsal row of deeper brown diamond- 

 shaped marks and a series of six black dots ; lateral 

 stripe pale yellow ; head and under side of the body 

 pale ashy. 



The diamond marks remind one of a " pug " larva, 

 and the black dots are very distinct and striking. 

 The entire series of metamorphoses, from the laying 

 of the egg to the emergence of the perfect insect, 

 occupy a period of about ten months. (J. B. Hodg- 

 kinson; Entom., May, 1895, XXVIII, 141.) 



Emmelesia unifasciata. 

 Plate CXXVIII, fig. 5. 



I am indebted to Mr. J. Bryant for the specimens 

 which have enabled Mr. Buckler and myself to work 



