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I noted that I had a larva 6 mm. long, and feeding 

 after hibernation ; by May 14th this larva was more 

 than 12 mm. in length; it was full fed before the 

 middle of June, and the imago was bred July 22nd. 

 In the month of May, 1866, 1 had a quantity of various 

 larvae sent to me from Torquay for naming, and among 

 them I found several of this species. During July, 

 1876, I captured some of the butterflies, and obtained 

 eggs ; and the larvae were hatched on July 31st. 



On June 20th, 1885, Mr. Gr. 0. Bignell kindly sent me 

 two larvae, which had been lately taken in the New 

 Forest; they became full fed in two or three days, and 

 hid themselves in moss for pupation on June 25th and 

 27th. On July 24th I bred one imago ; the other died 

 in the pupa, probably having been injured by me when 

 examining it for description. On August 13th Mr. 

 W. E. Jeffrey sent me some eggs, and the larvae were 

 hatched on August 29th, and are now apparently 

 growing very slowly. From my own observation, and 

 the information given me by my friends, I conclude 

 that the parent butterfly simply drops her eggs in 

 rough grassy spots, without attaching them to any 

 object; the young larva eats up its eggshell almost 

 entirely, and thenceforward feeds on grasses; it seems 

 sluggish in its movements. I do not know on what 

 kinds of grass it has been taken, but I find it will eat 

 any of the common grasses from my garden ; and I 

 have noted Dactylis glomerata in particular. It hiber- 

 nates when very small, becomes full fed in June, and 

 changes to a pupa without suspending itself in any 

 way, or making a cocoon ; I think it would hide itself, 

 as my examples did ; I found they had got among the 

 thick moss, with which I had furnished the bottom of 

 their cage, and apparently made little hollows for 

 themselves by turning round. Mr. Buckler's figure 

 (Plate III, fig. 4 d) shows the cast larva skin at the 

 tail of the pupa, but its attitude must not be taken as 

 indicating suspension. 



The egg is large and plump, stumpy ovate in outline, 

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