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but shining with a leaden hue, as though covered with 

 plumbago. 



I understand M. de Graslin bred his moths in August, 

 but in Yorkshire they are seldom found till the third 

 week in September. (W. B., 1868; E.M.M., April, 

 1868, IV, 251). 



Epunda lutulenta. 

 Plate XC, fig. 1. 



On the 8th of October, 1868, Mr. Henry Terry, of 

 St. Mary church, captured a female of this species, and 

 having induced her to deposit her eggs in captivity, he 

 kindly sent me a portion of them, retaining some for 

 himself and sending others to the Rev. E. Horton. 



The egg is circular, a little depressed at the top, 

 and flattened beneath, ribbed and beaded ; when first 

 laid it is of a canary yellow, and changes in a few days 

 to a pale pinkish grey-brown, having the top and a 

 broad zone round the middle of the sides of a much 

 darker tint of the same ; in about a month it changes 

 to a purplish-grey tint, and just before hatching 

 assumes the bloom-like appearance of a purple grape. 



This last change was simultaneously assumed by all 

 the eggs in my possession on November 22nd, that is 

 about six weeks after they had been laid, but from 

 some reason or other unknown to me, no more than 

 two larvae were hatched out; my friends, as will be 

 seen below, were more fortunate. 



The young larva at first has a very dark purplish- 

 brown head, the body pale dirty-greenish and trans- 

 lucent ; the internal organs showing through the skin 

 give the appearance of a broad dark grey stripe down 

 the back ; there is a dark brown plate on the second 

 and on the anal segments ; the tubercular dots dis- 

 tinct, and blackish, each having a rather long dark 

 brown hair. 



My young larvae fed freely on Poa annua, but the 



