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ends, and attached to a grass stem or other support, 

 thin, but of a highly glossy close tough fabric, in colour 

 sometimes whitish, sometimes yellow ; one I measured 

 was 28 mm. long, and 9 mm. at the widest ; the pupa 

 I measured was 16 mm. long, cylindrical, of even bulk, 

 except that the headpiece slopes rapidly from the back 

 and stands out distinctly, and the last three segments 

 of the abdomen taper. The antenna-cases are strongly 

 formed and developed, free at their tips, as is also the 

 tongue-case for some distance, and the edges of the 

 wing-cases ; the tail ends in a somewhat rounded boss, 

 without a spike, but bearing some short sharp points ; 

 on the front of each abdominal segment on the back is 

 a ridge of small sharp points, reaching across to the 

 spiracles and pointing backwards ; the colour is glossy 

 black on the head, thorax, wing-cases, and tail ; the 

 abdomen is more dingy black, with the segmental folds 

 showing dingy greenish. 



After the exit of the imago, the empty pupa-skin 

 remains sticking in the ruptured end of the cocoon. 

 (J. H., 20, 10, 86.) 



Smeeinthus ocellatus. 



Plate XX, fig. 1. 



Mr. Buckler has but one date for this larva, Sep- 

 tember 6th, 1876, the moth appearing July loth, 1877 ; 

 the food-plant was dwarf willow on Instow sandhills. 

 My first record is that Mr. Buckler sent me some eggs 

 June 11th, 1858 (just at the commencement of our 

 correspondence) ; the larvse hatched June 13th and 

 14th ; in this year also I captured a larva on sallow 

 July 10th. In 1868 I had a larva from willow August 

 4th. In 1875 Mr. Gr. F. Mathew gave me two larvaB 

 September 13th, one of which went to earth on 17th. 

 I have bred the moth on May 21st and on June 24th, 

 and I had it brought to me from the street lamps May 

 30th. 



