118 CHCEROCAMPA PORCELLUS. 



so as to look like a transverse band there ; the head 

 ashy ; on 2 — 4 the ground is pale buff, the markings 

 dark brown ; a thin dark dorsal line ; a buff subdorsal 

 stripe outlined in black ; 5 and 6 bear each on the sub- 

 dorsal level a round spot, that on 5 being the larger ; 

 On 5 the spot is lilac with purple-brown centre, on 6 

 it is paler lilac with brown centre bearing a yellow dot ; 

 both these spots are surrounded with strong dark 

 borders, making them very conspicuous. The wart on 

 12 a little paler than ground, but not conspicuous ; 

 the spiracles pale, indistinct ; the belly unicolorous, 

 pale livid hue with pinkish tinge. The larva made a 

 very open network cocoon on the surface of the earth, 

 working in bits of moss, &c. The pupa is rather over 

 30 mm. in length, cylindrical, the head-piece sloping 

 from the shoulders, and with rather prominent eyes 

 and a projecting keel for the tongue-case, the wing- 

 cases short, figure stoutest about middle, tapering either 

 way, the rough anal spike triangular, flattened, and 

 hollowed somewhat, ending in a sharp point, the skin 

 rather rough. On the three abdominal segments next 

 below the wings a line of small projecting points going 

 almost round the body ; the colour dusky ochreous, 

 much freckled with black, the wing-cases smoky (in 

 some examples the nervures are marked out in black), 

 a blackish dorsal line, and the abdominal segments well 

 marked with black rings. (J. H., 5, 11, 86.) 



Maoroglossa stellatarum. 

 Plate XXVI, fig. 2. 



This larva was figured by Mr. Buckler August 12th 

 and 24th, 1867, and August 28th, 1872; the food 

 Galium verum and mollugo. In 1859 I found a very 

 large number of larvae eating Galium verum on sand- 

 hills during the last week of September ; these spun 

 up at the beginning of October, and I bred several 



