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freely upon Artemisia campestris in 
the neighbourhood of Meseritz, that 
there cotlld be no doubt whatever as 
to our species being distinct from 
theirs. In the course of the Autumn 
M. Zeller kindly sent me four full- 
fed larvae of the true Innotata Hub. 
taken by himself at Meseritz. T at 
once came to the same conclusion as 
himself. I was able, through the 
kindness of my friend Mr. Buckler, to 
secure a most beautiful and lifelike 
colored drawing of the larva of each 
species. These I at once forwarded 
to Mr. Houbleday. who entirely con- 
curred with the opinion of M. Zeller 
and myself. It therefore only rem- 
ained for me to name our British 
species and I have .therefore, with, 
Mr. Doubleday’s, approval, given it 
the title of Eup . fraxina ta. Mr. Greene 
» and myself have, for some years, been 
familiar with the larva, and have 
found it to be invariably confined to 
Ash. I conceive, therefore, that a 
more appropriate name could not be 
selected. The perfect insects most 
closely resemble each other. It is, in 
fact, almost a similar case to Acronycta 
psi and tridens. Eup fraxinata is a 
much more dingy looking insect, 
being almost a uniform brownish 
grey. In Innotata the anterior wings 
are thickly covered with black mar- 
kings, and pale undulating strigae. 
At the anal angle of each trout wing, 
opposite the sub-apical angle, one of 
these strigae is strongly elbowed, and 
forms a well marked W. In fraxinata 
all these markings and strigae, espec-’ 
ially the latter, are usually very faint 
and indistinct. It is, however, (as 
in the case of A. psi and tridens ) 
from the larva that the specific dis- 
tinction is known. No two larvae can 
be more unlike. I subjoin a descri- 
ption of each larva. 
Larva of Eup. Innotata. Hub. 
Tapers considerably towards the 
head. Ground color pinkish grey. 
Central dorsal line rusty brown, or 
dull purplish red, uniting a series of 
well defined top shaped blotches of 
the same color. Dorsal blotches mar- 
gined by a number of lateral white 
stripes. Sides ornamented on each 
segment by a largish orange and dusty 
purple spat. Spiracular line white. 
Back and sides more or less suffused 
with orange. Head dusty purple. 
Belt purplish grey. Central ventral 
line dusty purple, bordered with 
white. Whole body thickly studded 
with minute tubercles. In appearance 
resembles the pink variety of the larva 
of Eup. nanata; the lateral stripes also 
remind one of the larva of Eup. vir- 
gaureata. Feeds on Artemisia cam- 
pestris (Zeller,) and, according to 
Enoch and Schwarz on Artemisia 
absinthium and vulgaris. The larvae 
sent me by M. Zeller were full-fed 
during the first ten days of October. 
This species probably occurs in Great 
Britain. It will be worth the while 
of any Entomologist in whose neigh- 
bourhood Artemisia campestris grows 
freely, to look for the larvae. 
Larva of Eup. fraxinata. Crewe. 
Long, smooth, rather slender, and 
tapering towards the head. Ground 
color uniform dark green. Segmental 
