PYRALIDID^E. 41 



Larva : ground-colour of the dorsal surface dull diugy 

 green marbled with black ; dorsal stripe dark green ; 

 tubercles large, black, encircled with yellow ; spiraeular 

 region yellow ; spiracles black ; ventral surface yellow- 

 ish white; legs black. E. M. M. iii. 2G0. 



Spilodes verticalis, L. 

 cinctalis, Tr., D. L. 

 (Plate 5. fig. 6.) 



Loc. Plymouth, Devon, Bristol, Stapleton, Chester, 

 Bingley, Bishops Wood, Suffolk, Goole, Huddersfield, 

 Wakefield, Norfolk, Colchester, Folkestone, Brandon, 

 Pembroke, Ireland, Southend, Deal. 



Occurs in clover-fields in July and August. 



The larva is pale green, with three black warts on 

 each segment ; head pale brown, marked with darker 

 brown. It feeds on Spartium scoporium and Cirsium 

 arvense in May and June. Pupates in a strong thick 

 cocoon covered with grains of sand. Nolk. 



Psamotis pulveraJis, Hb. 

 (Plate 5. fig. 7.) 

 Loc. Eanworth, Folkestone, Isle of Wight. 



This species occurs in July and August in marshy 

 places where reeds, sedges, and rushes grow ; it is 

 easily disturbed by day. The best loeaHty (viz. at 

 Folkestone) has disappeared owing to the encroach- 

 ment of the sea. 



The undescribed larva is said to feed in August on 

 Mentha aquatica. 



