12 ANTHROCERA MINOS. 



than the body, and different individuals varied in depth 

 of tint. 



When the perfect insects (rather undersized speci- 

 mens) emerged, the empty pupa cases were not left 

 sticking in the cocoons, but had fallen down near them. 

 I was not so fortunate as to see a moth in the act of 

 emerging. 



With Mr. Buckler's kind assistance I have drawn up 

 a short account of the various descriptions and figures 

 we have been able to obtain of the larva of Minos and 

 its supposed varieties, from which it will be seen that 

 the Irish larva is not quite like any hitherto recorded. 



In the ' Entomologist's Annual ' for 1862 there 

 is Zeller's account of whitish larvae on Pimpinella, and 

 yellow larvae found later on Thymus, also Freyer's 

 account of yellow, white and whitish-blue larvae, all of 

 which ate Pimjpinella by preference; also Hering's 

 fuller description of the larva on Thymus, which comes 

 nearer to our larva than the others, though the ground- 

 colour is yellow instead of olive-green, and there is no 

 mention of yellow spots. This description, however, 

 agrees to some extent with Hubner's figure of one 

 variety, represented by him as citron-yellow with a 

 subdorsal row of brown spots, and a broad stripe of 

 yellow, paler than the ground running just below them. 

 Hubner has also figured a whitish variety with blackish 

 spots, but placed on the hinder part of each segment. 

 And lastly, Boisduval gives in his figures the ground- 

 colour as pale yellowish or citron-green, with two 

 black dots instead of one on each segment, and yellow 

 spots above, not below them, a black dorsal line and 

 some black curves above the legs. (J. H., 10, 6, 68; 

 E.M.M. V, 73.) 



