76 OAMPTOGRAMMA FLUVIATA. 



drawing in enough particles of dust, etc., to give it an 

 oval form. 



The pupa is a quarter of an inch in length, with a 

 rather irregular contour ; the lobes of the head and 

 the eyes prominent ; the wing-cases extending two 

 thirds of its length, the antennas and leg-cases show- 

 ing ; the abdomen tapering off rather rapidly, and 

 ending in a stumpy spike furnished with two fine 

 spreading hooks ; the skin polished, yet finely punc- 

 tured, the wing-cases more finely punctured still ; the 

 colour is a rich brown, with the abdominal divisions 

 light red. 



I have bred several hundreds of the moths at 

 various times, but never yet met with an instance of 

 either one of the sexes assuming the colouring of the 

 other. (John Hellins, 14th February, 1871 ; E.M.M.. 

 May, 1871, VII, 279.) 



Phibalapteryx lapidata. 



Plate CXLI, fig. 4. 



In October, 1870, I received, through Mr. Buckler, 

 some eggs of this species which had been obtained by 

 Mr. S. 11. Fetherstonhaugh from a moth captured by 

 him in Ireland. Not knowing when to expect the 

 larvae I kept a portion of the eggs in a pill -box, and 

 put the rest out of doors on some moss. The former 

 soon changed colour, but shrivelled up without pro- 

 ducing anything ; the latter remained without change 

 till the beginning of May, 1871, when the larvae 

 appeared in the course of the first week. At first I 

 could not tell what food to give them, but luckily, 

 before I lost all, I thought of trying Clematis, and on 

 this I succeeded in o^ttin^ three of them to feed. Of 

 this trio one died almost immediately, another fed on 

 till the end of June and died, whilst the third about 

 the same time became a pupa. The moth, however, 

 died without emerging, although it was so far deve- 



