44 EUPITHECIA OAMPANULATA. 



well, so one afternoon in August I sallied forth into a 

 wood not far from hence (Drayton-Beauchamp, near 

 Tring, Buckinghamshire), where I knew the plant 

 grew, and set to work to look for the larvae of E. 

 campanulata. Having gathered a few plants I knocked 

 them against the sides of my umbrella, and soon saw 

 a number of small pug larvse crawling about which 

 were totally unknown to me. Having made up my 

 bag I returned home, and shortly afterwards enclosed 

 two full-fed larvae in a quill and posted them to Dr. 

 Breyer, who forthwith returned answer that they 

 were true and indubitable E. campanulata. 



I have much pleasure in appending a description of 

 the larva and pupa. 



Larva rather short and stumpy, belonging to the 

 absinthiata group, and resembling in general appear- 

 ance the larva of that species and of E. minutata. 

 Ground colour light ochreous-brown ; central dorsal 

 line very deep brown or black, intersecting and 

 uniting a chain of very strongly- defined black or deep 

 brown lozenge-shaped spots placed in the centre of 

 each segment ; subdorsal lines very slender and faint, 

 blackish or deep brown; head dingy brown or black ; 

 spiracular and central ventral lines dingy black or 

 brown ; central dorsal spots becoming confluent 

 and merged in the central line on the anterior and 

 posterior segments ; both spots and ground colour 

 varying considerably in intensity of colouring ; skin 

 rough and wrinkled, and sprinkled with a few whitish 

 hairs. 



It feeds upon the unripe seeds and seed-capsules of 

 Campanula trachelium L. Till nearly full-grown it 

 lives either in the dry corolla-tube or just at the 

 crown of the capsule. In confinement it will feed 

 upon garden species of Campanula. It is full-fed at 

 the end of August and the beginning of September. 



The pupa is enclosed in a slight earthen cocoon. 

 The thorax and wing-cases are golden yellow ; the 

 abdomen is reddish ; the abdominal divisions and tip 



