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The eggs were too far gone for description when I had them. The m 
hatched larva is exceedingly small, yellow in colour, with a dark head i 
wards It becomes paler, of a yellowish-white, and is to look at like a small ^,, 
On October 14th, just before its last moult, I made this note of its appear^ 
Fall ,.mch long, and plnmp, but able to stow itself away in a Bartsia seed , 
tapenng towards the head, and not so much towards the tail ; the skin smooth 
glossy, the usual dots very minute, but distinct, being dark; the ground-cc 
yellowish-white ; head dark brown ,- plate on 2nd segment pale brown ; a sor 
pale-brownish plate also on 13th segment, which looks darker from the tuberc 
dots on It being black. On a very close inspection, one can trace the course of 
Imes-soon to be developed distinctly, but they cannot yet be described as pla 
noticeable. ^ 
Immediately after the last moult, its appearance is much prettier than at 
other time, the ground-colour being of a pale delicate buff, and the lines ^ 
clear and almost black ; but this contrast is soon lost, the ground becoming da, 
and dingier, and the lines paler and more diffused. 
When the larva has become full-fed, the length is about half-an-inch 
figure stout, somewhat flattened ; the segments 4, 3, and 2, taperin- rlt 
rapidly; the head still narrower than 2, and round in shape; half the 2nd s 
ment scale-like and shining; the hinder segments also taper to the tail • the s 
IS rough and wrinkled; the tubercles dull white, furnished with short dark bro 
hairs: the ground-colom- varies in different individuals-beino- greyish-yell, 
greemsh-grey, greyish-brown, or brown ; the dorsal line blackish, brcnnnin-^ very f 
on the front of each segment, thickening towards its end, and slightly interrupted 
the fold ; the sub-dorsal line more or less visibly continuous according to the de, 
of the ground colour, and may be described a. a line of stout blackish dashes plac 
at the folds, sometimes connected by brownish streaks which fade away into t 
ground-colour about the middle of each segment ; on segments 10 to 13, the dor 
and sub-dorsals unite to form a darker smoky streak, which tapers away to a poi 
at the anal extremity : below the sub-dorsal comes a brown wavy line; the spii 
cular region is brownish above and more yellowish-white below, these colours r 
being definitely separated by a line; the black spiracles are placed in open spac 
of the paler colour : at the 10th segment, the lateral lines fade away into the pa 
colour, thus forming a strong contrast to the united dark lines on the back- bale 
the spiracles comes a clearly defined stripe of dark brown, followed by a broad 
one not so dark; the belly varied with yellowish and pinkish-white, with two i 
distmctly darker lines along it; the head and collar yello^vish, the dark lin 
passing through them as freckled stripes.-J. Hellins, Exeter, Octoher 25f/., 186 
Descnption of the larva of Chile pnragMitellus.~On February 12th 1869 
received from the Rev. J. Hellins. two larva3 of this species, and on the 28th, son 
more of them from the Hon. T. de Grey, in stems of Arundo ^nrag.nites, eithc 
hybernating or feeding (perhaps) on the knots inside. Eariy in April, I found on, 
that had escaped fi-om the stems, very actively crawling about. 
The larva is three-quarters of an inch in length, cylindrical, and taperi.g' 
verybttle behind; the segmental divisions deeply cut : each segment with onl 
one sub-dmding and deep wrinkle. 
