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larvae ate at first Luzula jpilosa, Arbutus unedo, and 

 Arbutus uva-ursi, the last kindly supplied by Dr. 

 White; but after a time they were quite content with 

 young leaves of A. unedo, and preferred them to those 

 of A. uva-ursi, although I had been at the trouble of 

 obtaining a fine growing plant from Messrs. Veitch, 

 of Chelsea, in order to give them fresh tender 

 leaves. 



Both broods of larvae grew and kept pace with those 

 of A. melanopa, by July 3rd having become nearly 

 three-quarters of an inch long, and by the 16th being 

 full-fed, and retiring to earth about the 23rd. 



The egg is about the size of that of A. melanopa, 

 but not so globular ; with about forty shallow ribs, 

 and with faint transverse reticulations ; the shell 

 shining ; the colour when laid cream-white, in a week 

 becoming whitish with a faint reddish irregular ring 

 and blotches. 



The newly-hatched larva is of the same size as that 

 of A. melanoma, but darker in colour, being pale dull 

 purplish, with the head, collar, and anal plate shining 

 blackish, the warts also blackish, distinct, and fur- 

 nished with very short bristles, the ventral legs on the 

 seventh and eighth segments small, and not usable. 

 In about a week the colour changed to pale greenish, 

 except the back, which was brownish, with pale dorsal 

 and subdorsal stripes, the head and warts still remain- 

 ing blackish. 



At the end of the third week from hatching the 

 larvae were nearly three-quarters of an inch long, and 

 all the ventral legs were used, those on the seventh 

 and eighth segments, however, being still smaller than 

 the others. The colour was now deep purplish-brown 

 both above and below, with a white dorsal line and a 

 faint indication of a subdorsal line, but only on the 

 second and thirteenth; the subspiracular stripe pale 

 primrose-yellow ; the whole skin soft and velvety ; 

 the head horny. In another week, and after the final 

 moult, the length was nearly an inch ; the purple- 



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