pvealidid;e. 33 



The larva feeds in the stems of hop {Humulus lu- 

 pulus), Punicem mileaceus, and allied plants. Ithyber- 

 nates and tui-ns to pupa the following spring. 



Larva : head dark brown ; ground-colour dirty white, 

 with three shining black tubercles on each segment ; 

 thoracic plate yellowish, freckled with dark brown, and 

 traversed by a white streak ; dorsal and spiracular lines 

 dark ; ventral surface paler than the ground-colour. 



Note. — nubilalis is easily separated from pandalis by 

 the deeper indentations of the second line, the larger 

 size, and the brown colouring of the males, which occurs 

 also sometimes in the females. 



Botys pandalis, Hb. 



verhascalis, Hb. 



(Plate 4. fig. 5.) 



Loc. Marlborough, Almondsbury, Weston-super- 

 Mare, Sheffield, York, Merton, Suffolk, Southend, 

 Gal way. 



Common everywhere during June in lanes, hedge- 

 rows, and fields. 



The larva feeds in a case, formed of a leaf rolled up, 

 on Teucrium scorodonia and brambles [Rubus coryli- 

 folius). The colour of the back and sides of the larva 

 is dark grey ; the dorsal line darker, bordered with pale 

 grey; head grey, marked with black ; doi-sal plate dark , 

 divided by a pale hue. Two pale longitudinal lines, one 

 situated on each side of the third and fourth segments. 

 The tubercular spots are large, black, and glossy; spi- 



