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and thirteenth segments, on the rest being of a paler 

 tint of the ground colour ; the space between the sub- 

 dorsal line and the spiracles is filled up with two dark 

 stripes of even width, sometimes separated by a very 

 fine pale thread, the upper stripe being dull purplish- 

 pink, pinkish-brown, or olive-brown, the lower dull 

 blackish-green, or almost dull black ; just on the 

 lower edge of this dark stripe come the black 

 spiracles ; all the under surface is pale yellow, palest 

 immediately below the spiracles, and with a paler line 

 through the middle of the belly; the head is yellowish 

 freckled with brown, the subdorsal lines showing on 

 it free of freckles ; the anal and ventral legs tinged 

 with dull pink or purplish-pink, the anterior legs 

 more yellowish ; the usual dots small and black, and 

 bearing fine black bristles. I have notes of one larva 

 in which the yellow lines on the back and sides were 

 so much widened, and the darker lines so narrowed, 

 that the general effect was as if the back were coloured 

 greenish-yellow; another, a brown variety, had the 

 subdorsal line bordered above by a dark brown dash 

 at the beginning of each segment, thus presenting the 

 appearance of a dorsal pattern. 



The cocoon is very slight but regular in outline, 

 formed just under the surface of the sandy soil, and 

 attached to a leaf or stem. 



The pupa is barely one-third of an inch in length, 

 cylindrical and full, stoutish about the thorax, and 

 with the abdomen tapering off rather rapidly ; the 

 eye-cases are prominent ; the anal tip ends in a 

 conical spike, furnished with two sharp spines set 

 like the sides of a V ; the colour is a rich, dark, glossy 

 brown, the abdominal rings paler, with a reddish 

 tinge. (John Hellins, 10th March and 14th May, 

 1874; E.M.M., April, 1874, X, 255; and E.M.M., 

 June, 1874, XI, 16.) 



