ANTHROCERA LONICERvE. 19 



When full grown they were nearly 1 inch in length, 

 very plump, with the segments deeply divided, and 

 might all be described as follows : 



The body of almost uniform thickness, the head 

 very small and retractile, black and shining; the 

 mouth ochreous -yellow margined with black; the palpi 

 yellow at their bases with black tips ; the anterior legs 

 black ; the ventral prolegs of the ground colour of the 

 body, a velvety bluish-green. 



Longitudinally, there were subdorsal and spiracular 

 rows of black velvety blotches, and between them at 

 the end of each segment was a transverse pale yellow 

 semi-transparent oblong mark. 



Looking at the larva sideways, the subdorsal row 

 of black blotches was seen to be composed of two 

 forms in regular order on each segment, viz. anteriorly 

 a thick oval blotch, followed after a short interval by 

 a thinner reniform blotch. The spiracular row fol- 

 lowed a similar order, but the blotches differed in 

 shape, being thinner and more of a curved-wedge 

 form, with a tendency to unite in a curve below. At 

 the side of the belly above the feet was a fine black 

 interrupted line. The tubercles were green and were 

 placed on the green ground-colour in the usual order, 

 bearing fascicles of short whitish hairs. 



Specimens of the following variety were obtained 

 when quite small on clover, by the Rev. Hallett Todd, 

 who most kindly sent them to me on the 3rd of May. 

 They fed up on clover and Lotus corinculatus, and the 

 moths appeared from July 5th to 25th. 



When full grown their green ground-colour was a 

 little paler than in the foregoing, and rather a yellower- 

 green ; the subdorsal black blotches on each segment 

 were anteriorly a thick, irregular, oblong blotch, in- 

 clined to be pointed above, followed after a slight 

 interval by another similar in shape, but rather thinner 

 below. The spiracular row was rather shorter and 

 similar, though more pointed at the top, and meeting 

 below by a curve from the anterior blotch ; the hinder 



