On the Moth of the Esere. 



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skin- yellowish-white, smooth, and naked. The head small, 

 horny, black or dark brown, and shining ; a long black spot 

 or horny collar, tapering towards each extremity, occupied 

 the centre of the first segment of the body ; two rows of 

 very small spots, or dots of black (two pairs on each segment 

 of the body) run longitudinally along the back on each side 

 of the mesial line, and a cluster of three small spots, arranged 

 in a perpendicular direction, on the sides of each segment of 

 the body. There is also a dark horny patch on the upper 

 part of the last segment of the caterpillar, and on the second 

 last segment there is a smaller dark horny square-shaped 

 patch in the centre, with a small circular spot or dot of black 

 on each side of it. The thoracic feet are 3 on each side = 6 ; 

 then two segments without feet intervene ; next we have 4 

 abdominal feet on each side =8 ; then 3 segments without feet, 

 and on the last segment are the 2 anal feet = 2 = 16 feet. 



There was one cocoon in the phial, oval in shape, and 

 rather more than f ths of an inch in length by about ^th of 

 an inch in breadth, of fine brownish-coloured silk, which 

 enclosed one of the larger-sized caterpillars on the point of 

 being transformed into the pupa state. The caterpillars and 

 pupae seemed possibly to belong to the family Tortricidce 

 of Westwood's " Classification of Insects," in which are 

 included various feeders on fruits. 



2. Two kinds of Pupce were, however, found in the phial, 

 — one, oval and smooth in character, the others showing 

 various small projecting spines. This single specimen of 

 pupa, oval, regular, and tapering in outline, was nearly 

 fths of an inch in length, of a darkish brown or black 

 colour, with (seven) transverse belts of a lighter brown 

 along the lower part of its different segments, and termi- 

 nated behind in two very small forks or teeth-like pro- 

 cesses ; it reminds one of a small pupa of the common 

 gooseberry moth. 



Three others, and a portion of a fourth, more slender and 

 smaller pupae, are somewhat oval in shape, of a light-brown 

 colour, and about half an inch in length. They have two 

 small lateral rather blunt projections or horns on the poste- 

 rior part of the head, and another slighter projection in the 



