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Insects. 



which unite, forming, with the apex of the head, a distinct triangle; these are bor- 

 dered by two other lines of the same colour, which approximate, but do not join at 

 the second segment; commencing at this point are two lines of a burnt umber colour, 

 which continue, more or less distinctly, clown the back to the anus; within these is a 

 finer line, as far as the fourth segment, of the same colour; this is followed by a dis- 

 tinct and intensely black spot ; there are five of these spots, and the line uniting them 

 is also black; the remainder of the line is a rich ochreous-brown, very clearly de- 

 fined. In addition to the spots already named are others, very minute, deep black 

 and surrounded by a white ring. The ground colour is dull whitish clay, more or less 

 mottled, but the four posterior segments are much paler, almost white. The cater- 

 pillar, which is about an inch and three-quarters in length, tapers towards the head, and 

 lies pressed close to the stalk, gauze, &c. : it feeds on the common clematis, and grows 

 rapidly. — Joseph Greene ; Cubley Rectory, Doveridge, Derbyshire, September 1, 1862. 



[The reader is referred to my description of the same larva (Zool. 7252). — Edward 

 Newman.'] 



Description of the Larva of Angerona prunaria. — The larvae, from which the fol- 

 lowing description is taken, were beaten from clematis last autumn, at Woodbridge, in 

 Suffolk; they consequently hybemate. Lead-colour. On the third segment a black 

 dorsal line, which, on the fourth and fifth segments, dilates into a black blotch; in the 

 centre of this and the next segment are two raised black spots ; on the eighth a dark 

 triangular mark ; on the ninth a dark double-pointed protuberance : this is followed by 

 two more raised black spots, and on the twelfth two more. The sides are mottled with 

 dark shades and lines. Length two inches. During the autumn they fed on clematis 

 as long as it lasted ; they then fortunately ceased feeding, and in the following spring 

 set to work on honeysuckle. It is a slow eater. The pupa, which is black and 

 enclosed between two leaves, much resembles that of Ennoraos illunaria.— Id. 



Description of the Larva of Ourapteryx sambucaria. — The larvae were taken at the 

 same time and place as the above, and, like them, hybernated. It is difficult to give 

 anything like a comprehensible description of them. General appearance long, slender 

 and rigid, the ground colour being clay-brown. Head an exact representation in 

 miniature of a " pork-pie" hat. On the sixth segment are two lateral protuberances; 

 on the tenth a small dorsal one. The last pair of legs (or whatever they ought to be 

 called) are very broad and flat ; in fact, it may be gently insinuated that they are 

 decidedly " splay," and extend to a considerable distance from the body. Two sharp 

 points protrude from the anus. The position when at rest is very peculiar : it lies 

 rigidly extended from the anus up to the fourth segment, when it suddenly becomes 

 elbowed, forming an angle of about 90°. It is upwards of two inches in length. When 

 full grown the larva (from which this description is taken) gnawed off some of the 

 gauze, and, mixing it with bits of leaves, formed a tubular case, which hung down- 

 wards, resembling very much the pictures I have seen of the nest of, I believe, the 

 tailor-bird; within this case the pupa hangs suspended by the tail, like a butterfly. 

 The pupa itself is very long, like Ennomos angularia, and of a spotted gray colour. 

 —Id. 



Corrections in Mr. Neivmans Description of the Larva of Ennomos erosaria. — In 

 Mr. Newman's elaborate description of this larva (Zool. 8173), he observes that he can 

 only notice its habits and food in confinement: this will probably accouut for some 

 considerable discrepancies in his experience and mine. I have taken the larva, by 

 freating, in Bucks, Suffolk and Hampshire, but invariably on oak: I have no doubt 

 that, in its natural slate, it feeds exclusively on that tree. What struck me, however, 



