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1. *■ ,.c=f Ri-vetched out flat along the 
ey fed well on Care. syUatica; when at rest ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^,_ 
.f fheir food ■ looping in walking, and jumping about angrily w 
:;':t;hed L™ is > ,..,» ,.»„.» .cope. ^^^ t.e --^ ^o^- J^j; 
„„. aJa e.iUi.. bH,t,e». A. it grows, it beco.es ^or "- 
,e„ after ever, moa.t. When it is MLgrown, «>» '»'"^ "J * ;;;,,; 
„, slender cylindrical, nniform throughout in bulk, save that the 3.d se 
:ir::r Luc, ana the ,ast three --»--->>^-^ ^ ^11 
hich is bluntly rouuded otf, or almost squared off, the head « 
„ about as wide as the second segment, there are two pa.rs ventral 
1 developed and useable, and the rudiments of another parr, "J- 
he colour is a full velvetygreen, with a pulsating ^"-' ™"f "' ' ^^'^"^^ 
there is a flue whitish-green sub-dorsal line, and a -'^".'f"' « JJ^^ 
■very pale yellow, the spiracles are indistinctly brown.sh, and the hmde 
,nls pJer than the rest of the back, the belly is also paler, but st.U of 
ch green ; the head somewhat yellowish-gi-een. 
'he larva retired under ground for pupation. -Id. 
rrier:::rsi-::r^::::z::::;^^ 
jned to meet f ^^ ^^^^^ cormctdatus 
me three specimens alive ; and lucKuy navmg -^ f 
a, I covered it with a glass cylinder and placed them there.n. 
itter a few days, I saw that two of the bntterflie, were dead, whilst the th,^ 
"hed Mely, and fortunately proving to be an impregnated fen^ale she 
!;ed on the Utsof the plant a few pale greenish pellncd eggs, of a some- 
; elliotical figure standing on end. 
it .he ;iddle of .nne I noticed the egg »:>»•'■ ^ '"^f' ^;„\ ^f, 
see the young larva, either then, or for some t.me subsequently, nn .1 June 
ads, and rt was *" S'" «» ^ ^^^^^ ,^^j,^3 ,,;„, „.awn almost close 
, Each cave was f"»-i ^"^ *^ „, ,„,,, „4 j„, ^MU one being 
rerrriiraTef r:f rill Ls was managed quite naturally, so that 
ZeTri::C^rr3t;r tu™ arid been abandoned^ 
Some o, thes the larVK had been feeding on the mner surface 
z ::2t: ii r: " was ab. with the .., . . .ns . .... a,..,. ... 
=rr3rr.:::Tti::ro:~l. it was the near. thre. 
,ttsofaninch,ong.thapro^^^^^^^^^^^ 
nute pale greemsh po n^ ^e b 7 ^^^^^^ ^^^^ _^^^^^^ ^^^^ 
.mp andtapenug > '^^^ '^ ^^;,„, ,,, ,,,, , the colour „f the body a 
i::^::! *re . sLlhit paler still on the sides and belly , a distinct 
rJlte of darter .reen, a sub-dorsal line family paler than the gr-ound colon , 
rw^iraurftrcFback and sides irrorated or shag^ened w.th exceedingly 
inute greenish-white points. 
