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dull black, and there is on segment 12 a black v 5 with 

 its tip at the horn; the spiracles dusky buff ringed 

 with black ; the belly buffish, freckled with a smaller 

 pattern than that on the back, the legs dusky. The 

 other variety has the ground colour dull green, paler 

 at the folds, with traces of black-brown network of 

 freckles, most distinct as a subdorsal patch on the front 

 of each segment ; there is also a dorsal line of freckles ; 

 the subdorsal line on 2 — 4, and the blotches on 5 and 

 6, as in the other variety ; the spiracles pale brownish 

 with dark rings, the belly dusky green ; the horn and 

 the V mark on 12 black.* 



For pupation the larva spins a very open and irre- 

 gular, but strong network of dirty- whitish silk on the 

 surface of the soil, sticking in dry leaves and bits of 

 earth, &c. The pupa is over 40 mm. in length, taper- 

 ing to the head, which is rounded but has a keel-like 

 projection below for the tongue-case; the figure is 

 stoutest just at the end of the wing-cases ; the abdo- 

 men cylindrical and tapering ; it ends in a triangular 

 curved spike sharp at the tip, (which I might compare 

 to the upper mandible of a bird's beak). The three 

 segments next the wing-cases have a ring of sharp points 

 nearly complete, except just in the centre line of the 

 belly ; the wing-cases and segmental folds are smooth, 

 the rest of the skin rather granulated; the ground 

 colour light buff-brown, much clouded and smoked 

 with blackish on the thorax and wing-cases, along the 

 sides, and across the abdominal segments ; the spike, 

 which is rough at the broad base and smooth at the 

 tip, is black. I fancy the figure of the pupa, 3 c, some- 

 what exaggerates the segmental divisions of the abdo- 

 men. (J. EL, 5, 11, 86.) 



* The general aspect of this larva, with its puffed front segments, 

 and the curious blotches on segments 5 and 6, makes it a thing ol 

 horror to the non- entomological finder. Mr. Bignell tells me of a 

 whole brood, which were discovered feeding on a vine in a back garden, 

 and bravely captured with the kitchen fire tongs, and put to death as 

 venomous beasts. 



