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but not perfectly cylindrical, being slightly dilated on the sides, where the lateral skin- 

 fold is conspicuously developed ; every segment has two transverse but irregular series 

 of minute warts, each of which emits a minute bristle; these minute warts and bristles 

 are ten or twelve on each segment. Head dingy, transparent green: body brighter 

 green, with a faint indication of paler longitudinal stripes; in the specimen before me, 

 for which I am indebted to Mr. W. R. JefFery, of Scarborough, there are reddish blotches 

 on the sides of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th segments, and also on the backs of 

 the 6th, 7th and 8th segments, but there is a want of uniformity about the form and 

 position of these blotches that leads me to doubt whether they are accidental or really 

 characteristic of the species :* legs sernitransparent purplish or pinky green ; ventral 

 claspers pale transparent green, with a purple spot at the base; anal claspers nearly 

 concolorous with the body, but more transparent : it spun together a division of the leaf 

 of its food-plant on the 21st of August, and changed to a pupa on the 24th. — Edward 

 Newman. 



Sterrha sacraria near Banstead Downs. — A female of this rare species was taken by 

 Mr. George W. Hall, on the 21st of August, 1863, and a male by Mr. Bouchard in 

 the same locality. — Id. 



Notes on Cidaria immanata and C. russata. — The eggs of C. immanata are deposited 

 in August, and last year they hatched on the 22ud of March ; they are then of a primrose- 

 yellow. The larvae feed upon Fragaria vesca (strawberry) and are full-fed on the 2nd of 

 June. Larva elongate, and of a pale green colour, exactly like the plant ; the segmental 

 divisions yellow ; between the segments are a series of minute white spots, bounded 

 with dark green, forming ocelli with a fine bristle in the centre of each ; there is a 

 darker green dorsal line, and the spiracular part is exceedingly flabby, projecting from 

 the sides : the head is yellowish pale green ; the small tail-like anal appendages, 

 claspers and legs are pink. Moths emerged from the 19th of June to August. Of C. 

 russata, the eggs were deposited on the 29th of May and hatched on the 15th of June. 

 The young larva are of a dirty white colour ; they fed on Fragaria vesca (strawberry), 

 and were full-fed on the 16th of July. The larvae when full-grown are exceedingly 

 like those of C. immanata, but rather less, the ocellated spots are rather more 

 abundant, and, instead of the anal appendages, claspers and feet being pink, a dull 

 brown-red is nearer the colour. The perfect insects emerged from the 28th of July to 

 the 14th of August. None of my C. russata had the anal parts or any other part rosy, 

 and in no instance was the spiracular line red, but invariably the same colour as the 

 body. — j^, S. Edlesion ; 34, Kennedy Street, Manchester. 



Notes on Larvce of Dicranura vinula. — Having reared a pretty considerable number 

 of the larvae of D. vinula during the present season I have ventured to put upon record 

 a few observations respecting their habits. A good number of them were reared from 

 the egg. The earliest eggs were found at the beginning of June, and I took young 

 larvse as late as the middle of August, some of which have not yet completed their 

 growth, so that the period of the larva extends from June to September. The markings 

 on the back, it is well known, vary slightly in different individuals ; I have yet to ascer- 

 tain whether these are distinctive of the different sexes. Besides this there is one 



* Similar blotches frequently occur on the larvae of Oporabia dilutata, but are 

 remarkable for their inconstancy : Mr. Jeffery, whose opinion from practical experience 

 is far greater than mine, considers them constant in V. cambricaria. — E. N. 



