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and flowers ; it pupates attaehcd by the tail to its food- 

 plant. There are probably two or more broods in the 

 course of the year. 



The ground-colour of tiie larva is dingy green, 

 streaked and spotted witli whitish, and slightly suffused 

 with reddish brown ; head pale brown ; mandibles 

 brown ; on each cheek is a black spot ; dorsal stripe dark 

 green or reddish brown, dilated on the crest of each 

 segment ; tubercles paler than the ground-colour, with 

 tufts of pale brown hairs ; legs pale greenish brown. 



Ent. XV. 278. 



Ent. xviii. 277. 



This species may be recognized by the brush-like 



tufts of appressed scales on the uppcrside of the hind 



feet. Ptcr. of California, p. 40. 



Leioptilns lienigianus, Zell. 

 melinodactylus, II. -S. 

 (Plate 17. fig. 10.) 



Loc. Norwich, llingland. Horning, Colchester, Ips- 

 wich, Deal, Yentnor, Dover. 



Occurs in July amongst its food-plant. 



The larva feeds on the terminal leaves of Artemisia 

 vulgaris in May and June ; the pupa is attached anally 

 to the underside of a leaf of its food-plant. 



The ground-colour of the larva is pale green ; dorsal 

 line darkei', divided by a pale line ; subdorsal line yel- 

 lowish, interrupted at the segmental divisions ; head 

 shining greenish brown, marked with darker brown; 

 tubercles whitish, crowned with white hairs ; legs paler 

 than the ground-colour, with dark brown markings. 



Ent. XV. 105. 

 E. M. M. viii. 157. 



