On the Moth of the Esere. 357 
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) rmi 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 Jth 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 
pupse 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 Fupm 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 
