98 EUBOLIA BIPUNCTARIA. 



and within this stripe is a double central yellow line. 

 On the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and twelfth 

 segments is a double series of large black marks placed 

 within the broad central stripe, but outside, and on 

 each side the double yellow inner line ; prolegs brown 

 on the outside, this colour being very noticeable on 

 the anal claspers. 



The pupa is about five-eighths of an inch long, 

 smooth, the thorax and abdominal segments polished, 

 the wing-cases duller. It is uniform and cylindrical, 

 but sharply attenuated towards the anal point. Colour 

 almost uniformly bright brown ; the anal point, seg- 

 mental divisions, and eye-cases darker. 



The first ima^o emerged on the 26th of July. 

 (George T. Porritt, 4th June, 1878; E.M.M., July, 

 1878, XV, 37.) 



EUBOLIA LINEOLATA. 



Plate OXLV, fig. 5. 



A specimen of this insect which I captured on the 

 Cheshire sand-hills in the early part of April last (1872) 

 deposited a few eggs. They were in little clusters, 

 each batch containing eight or ten eggs ; their colour 

 was at first pale yellow, but soon changed to bright 

 ochreous-brown. On the 30th of April they had 

 become slaty-brown, and on the following day the 

 young larvae emerged, their colour being orange, 

 tinged with green. 



They fed readily on Galium saxatile, though G. verum 

 is probably their natural food, as it grows abundantly 

 on the sand-hills. 



On the 8th of June I took down a description as 

 follows : 



Length about seven-eighths of an inch, slender, and 

 of nearly uniform width throughout. Head a little 

 broader than the second segment, and slightly notched 

 on the crown ; the face rather flat. Body cylindrical 



