LOPHOPTERYX OUCULLINA. 165 



cous green freckled with opaque whitish, the belly 

 more green, thoracic legs greenish, ventral prolegs 

 tinged with pink, spiracles pinkish-white with fine 

 black rings, the head bright green with a fine blackish 

 line through the front of each lobe, the mouth whitish ; 

 there are a few small hairs on the face. 



Another variety was of a pale flesh colour, the dorsal 

 mark purplish in front, edged with straw yellow, pale 

 yellow freckles on upper part of sides, lower down the 

 side more yellow with freckles of pale brownish-pink, 

 just above the spiracles the brownish pink more 

 decided, below the spiracles a broad line of pale yellow, 

 then a brownish pink stripe, paler above, darker below, 

 the belly and prolegs paler pink again, the points on 

 12 yellowish-pink, spiracles pink with brown rings, 

 the dorsal dots of the front segments brown, as are 

 also the lateral dots, but those tubercular dots which 

 come in the brownish-pink above and below the 

 spiracles have pale rings, and are hence very conspic- 

 uous, the head very pale greenish with a pink tinge, 

 bearing a few brown dots, and a brown line through 

 each lobe. Just after the last moult the colours are 

 more vivid than when the larva is quite full grown, 

 the yellow being deeper, and the brown-pink more 

 decided, the hump on 12 is also more prominent, being 

 2 mm. in height. The larva spins a gauzy silk cocoon 

 under loose earth or leaves. The pupa I measured was 

 16 mm. long, rounded at the ends, the abdomen not 

 tapering much, tail quite smooth, with no spike or 

 points, but with a very slightly elevated boss ; the skin 

 very glossy, the colour blackish-brown. (J. H., 30, 

 12, 86.) 



LOPHOPTERYX CARMELITA. 



Plate XXXY, fig. 5. 



Mr. Buckler figured this species from birch, June 

 27th, 1861, June 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 1872. 



