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morning, one on the 4th, four on the morning of the 

 5th, and one on the 7th. 



The newly-hatched larva is of a dingy opaque 

 bluish-green, the head marked with dark brown on the 

 crown of each lobe, and somewhat of a plate of 

 brownish appears on the second segment. After 

 moulting the larva is an active and robust little fellow 

 of a deep dingy glossy green colour, with black 

 shining head and narrow plate on the second segment. 

 By the 22nd of May the larva had grown to be five 

 lines long, the body tapering a little in front and 

 rather more behind, being rather stout in the middle ; 

 the head black and glossy, also a narrow plate across 

 the middle of the second segment, a blackish-brown 

 plate on the anal flap, the outside of the anal legs of 

 the same dark colour, the anterior legs black ; the 

 ground-colour of the body is a shining deep ochreous- 

 green, with a faint yellow dorsal line, a fainter and 

 much finer yellowish subdorsal, and a similar spiracular 

 line ; the fringes of black hooks on the ventral feet are 

 plainly visible. On the 25th it moulted, and on the 

 27th was grown to nine lines in length and quite stout 

 in proportion ; the ground-colour of the body was 

 light yellowish-green, the dark plate on the second 

 segment having disappeared ; a primrose-yellow dorsal 

 narrow stripe runs thoughout to the end of the anal 

 flap; there still can just be discerned the finest thread 

 of the same pale yellow subdorsal line and also a 

 spiracular line ; the head is now brownish-olive, and 

 also the anterior legs. On the 30th it had moulted 

 again and was thicker, the head lightish green and 

 glossy, the body very pale yellowish-green, the dorsal 

 line paler and distinct, the other fine lines can only 

 be discerned with a lens. By the 2nd of June it had 

 grown very much, and stretched itself when crawling 

 to an inch and five lines. (W. B. ; May, 1883 ; N.B., 

 IV, 181.) 



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