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their altered environment was to me most extra- 

 ordinary. 



One of Mr. Barrett's observations, that the larva 

 has an occasional habit of " standing apparently npon 

 its head" (Ent. Mo. Mag., XXV, 258), I am not 

 able to confirm. This statement seemed to me so 

 remarkable, that I spent hours, during all parts of the 

 day and well on in the night, besides requesting a 

 number of friends, to whom I sent larvse, to watch 

 carefully, with a view to confirm it, but I believe 

 none of us were able to do so. Possibly Mr. Barrett 

 was not entirely mistaken on the point, but if not I 

 am quite satisfied that the occurrence he noted was 

 very exceptional if not purely accidental. 



The cocoon is spun among the debris on the ground, 

 or very often among the leaves or stalks of the food- 

 plant; it is oval, toughly formed of brown silk, and 

 rather small for the size of the larva. 



The moths emerged in large numbers last June, 

 and, so far as I could see, the changed food and modi- 

 fied colouring in the larvas had not affected the 

 imagines in any respect. From them I have now 

 pupse again, and so hope to still further experiment 

 with the species during this year. (George T. Porritt, 

 14th March, 1892; E.M.M., May, 1892, XXVIII, 

 122.) 



EUPITHECIA CAMPANULATA. 



Plate CXXXII, fig. 5. 



A short time ago Dr. Breyer, of Brussels, sent me 

 a small publication in which he mentioned having 

 found the larvae of the above-named Eajjithecia some- 

 what plentifully in the seed-capsules of Campanula 

 trachelmm, the " nettle-leaved bell-flower." As this 

 plant is by no means uncommon in many parts of 

 England, it seemed to me that there was no just cause 

 or impediment why the insect should not occur as 



