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micropylar end. In about four da) r s after being laid the embryo can be 

 seen in the shape of a broad U with the arms wound spirally inwards, but 

 as the egg matures this disappears, giving place to light-yellowish areas. 

 Larva plainly seen a few days before hatching. 



Note. — Laid singly and in pairs; well attached to underside of leaf of 

 food plant. A day or two after being laid the top of the egg collapses a 

 great deal, forming a large deep oval depression. Twenty-five and fifteen 

 eggs obtained from different moths. Laid in October and January. Period 

 of incubation, about thirteen days. The larva emerges from the micropylar 

 end of the egg. 



(Described, 6th October, 1912.) 



Index to Genera and Species. 



Alucita monospilalis. 

 Asaphodes megaspilata. 

 Bityla defigurata. 

 Crambus nexuocellus. 

 Ctenopseustis obliquana. 

 Declana atronivea. 

 - — ■ — floccosa. 

 Drepanodes muriferata. 

 Elvia glaucata. 

 Euchoeca rubropunctaria. 

 Mecyna blairdalis. 

 Melanchra composita. 



dotata. 



insignis. 



lignana. 



mutans. 



Notoreas zopyra. 



Nyctemera annulata. 

 Orthosia immunis. 

 Phloeopola confusella. 

 Plusia chalcites. 

 Porina cervinata. 



characterifera. 



umbraculata. 



Pvhapsa scotosialis. 

 Scoparia chimeria. 

 — ■ — cyameuta. 

 Selidosema dejeotaria. 

 fenerata. 



suavis. 



Tatosoma timora. 

 Venusia verriculata. 

 Xanthorhoe cinerearia. 

 rose aria. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 Plate I. 



