52 EtJPITHECIA TOGATA. 



On the 8th of September, 1875, I received from the 

 Rev. II. Harpur-Crewe, while he was at Moncreiffe 

 House, Bridge of Barn, larvae of this species, mining 

 within a spruce fir cone. He, in company with Sir 

 Thomas Moncreiffe and Mr. Herd, had gone to 

 Dupplin on the 6tb, resolutely determined to find the 

 larva in a state of nature, which they did. After 

 much beating and searching in vain they unanimously 

 came to the conclusion that it fed in the cones of the 

 spruce fir, and Mr. Herd ascended to the top of the 

 tree, and soon threw down cones from which resin 

 and frass were protruding; and further examination 

 revealed the larvae of E. togata in situ. Only a few 

 larvae were collected on this occasion, as it was getting 

 towards the close of the day before the discovery was 

 made. The best find was in a single cone which had 

 dropped under a tree, and was full of frass and con- 

 tained seven larvae ; of these Mr. Harpur-Crewe sent 

 me four, and a part of the cone to be figured, 

 showing some of the holes in it excavated by the larvae, 

 and also a quantity of frass. The larvae of these 

 which I figured lived four or five days before pupating ; 

 the others spun up on the second and third day after 

 their arrival. 



Two moths emerged on the 3rd June, 1876. 

 (William Buckler, 3rd June, 1876, Note Book III, 35.) 



EUPITHECIA PUMILATA. 



Plate OXXXVI, fig. 2. 



On the 6th to the 9th of June, 1874, I received and 

 figured three larvae of Eupithecia pumilata found by 

 the Rev. John Hellins feeding on flowers of holly. 

 The most mature one was quite white, having but a 

 faint greenish dorsal line; the head was brown, on 

 each lobe marked with darker brown. The next 

 largest was of a pale ochreous-brown tint with darker 

 brown markings, consisting of a dorsal line running 



