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the next moult at a second small group two feet distant 

 from the first ; the third moult at another group about 

 a foot distant, and the fourth moult at about eighteen 

 inches from the large patch of stinging-nettles where 

 [ found them ; all these were female plants. 



On the 3rd of June they appeared full-grown, the 

 greater part were of the dingy blackish, and dingy 

 greenish varieties, and a few of the more lively colour- 

 ing of yellow and black. I secured three examples. 

 On the 4th I went to look at them, but the nettles were 

 deserted, only one individual remaining ; their ravages 

 appeared to be from the tops of the nettles downwards 

 to within about a foot of the ground, the nettles being 

 from three to four feet high. 



The individual I figured was about one inch and 

 three-eighths in length ; the segments are plump in 

 the middle and with three transverse wrinkles next the 

 segmental divisions ; the head flattish in front, divided 

 a little on the crown, and rather attenuated where it 

 joins the second segment, thickly studded with bristly 

 points and hairs ; the second segment has on each 

 side of the back a few curved hairs ; on the third and 

 fourth segments are subdorsal and lateral spines, on 

 all the others, including the twelfth, are dorsal, sub- 

 dorsal, lateral, and subspiracular spines ; at the end of 

 the twelfth segment is a small, shining dorsal wart, on 

 the front part of the thirteenth segment are lateral 

 spines, and also on the hinder part ; that is, on each 

 of segments 3 and 4 four spines, on each of segments 

 5 to 12 inclusive seven spines, and on the thirteenth 

 segment four spines ; these spines being bulbous at 

 the base, tapering to a fine point, and branched with 

 smaller tapering spines. 



In colour the larva, which I figured, had a broad 

 stripe of pale bright yellow down the back, the dorsal 

 black line running down the middle of it ; the yellow 

 is followed by a very broad stripe of velvety black, 

 within the upper boundary of which are the subdorsal 

 spines. This is followed by a broad yellow stripe within 



