36 DEILEPBILA EUPHORBIAS. 



sand, so that they were immoveable, though the sand 

 was loose. The interior of the cocoons beautifully 

 smooth, with fine silken lining. 



The pupa was one and five-eighths of an inch in 

 length, and half an inch in diameter, tapering a little 

 from the thorax to the frontal extremity, where it was 

 rather smooth; the wing-cases pressed close to the 

 body ; the abdominal rings in tolerable relief ; the out- 

 line tapered a little near the anal tip, which ended in a 

 broad, flattish, downward-curved spike, pointed at its 

 extremity. 



The colour was a dingy, deep brick-red above, fading 

 a little beneath to more of a flesh colour, and thickly 

 covered with minute blackish punctures. The wing- 

 covers were dark brownish, much freckled and finely 

 streaked with blackish, as were also the head-, antenna-, 

 eye- and leg-cases, as well as the trunk-case. The seg- 

 mental divisions of the abdomen were dull purplish-red, 

 and quite smooth, while the parts between them were 

 roughened by black pits or punctures on a rather 

 shining ground; a dorsal line of the ground colour 

 was visible on the back of the thorax. The spiracles 

 were black. (W. B., 13, 5, 74, E.M.M. XI, 73.) 



Deilephila galii. 

 Plate XXIV. 



Till the autumn of 1870 it had been my chance to 

 have seen but one larva of this species, and that a dead 

 one, as long ago as 1859. This defunct larva I care- 

 fully figured, but, as may well be supposed, I could 

 never feel satisfied that my figure was at all trust- 

 worthy. 



The satisfaction and the feverish delight I expe- 

 rienced in the autumn of 1870 by the gift of four, 

 and the loan of not less than twelve, larvae in various 

 stages of growth, may be better conceived than 

 described 



