166 LOPHOPTERYX OARMELITA. 



In 1861, April 29th, I had larvae hatching, but made 

 no further note about them. In 1864, May 11th, I 

 had eggs given me from which the larvae hatched 

 May 18th, and again I made no further note. In 1872, 

 May 11th, six small larvae were sent to me, which by 

 June 8th were full-fed, and spun up by June 12th ; and 

 in 1873 I bred the moths May 16th to 27th. In 1877, 

 June 8th, I had eggs and young larvae sent me by 

 Mr. B. Birchall, these had spun up by July 9th; the 

 food was birch. 



The egg is button-shaped, flat beneath, the shell 

 without ornamentation and not shining, in colour pale 

 whitish-green, with a greener spot in the centre of the 

 top. The young larva is nearly uniform in bulk, and 

 in colour green with yellow lines, but the full-grown 

 larva tapers towards either end, and is somewhat 

 flattened in figure, more than 35 mm. in length ; there 

 are no humps, but the skin though very polished is 

 very much wrinkled ; the colour green, the lines formed 

 of pale yellow freckles, the spiracular line yellow with 

 red spots, the spiracles black placed in whitish spots. 

 The larva spins a tough cocoon of dirty grey silk, stuck 

 over with fine earth, &c, about 20 mm. long by 10 

 mm. wide; the pupa I measured was 16 mm. long, 

 stout, cylindrical, the head blunt, the tail rounded off, 

 with no spike or points, but a scarcely visible division 

 into two lobes ; the skin not very glossy, colour deep 

 mahogany-brown. (J. H., 30, 12, 86.) 



