BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S., ETC. 845 



defined except towards the tips where the ninth and tenth bars 

 are somewhat broken and irregular. Tarsus feathered to the 

 toes, bill black, feet brown. Length about 11 in. ; wing 9 in. ; 

 tail 6 ; tarsus 0-7 ; mid toe - 88, its nail 0'3 ; hind toe 0*35 ; bill 

 from forehead 0-9, from gape to lip in a direct line 1*5 in. from 

 nostril to the tip 0'35. 



This species approaches nearest to Eurystopodus albogularis but 

 is smaller, being about the size of E. guttatus, but different in 

 the wing spots. 



This specimen was obtained by Lieut. J. C. Farrie of H.M.S. 

 Miranda, on one of the Solomon Islands. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Note on Insects injurious to Gum Trees, by William Macleay, 

 F.L.S. — I now exhibit two coloured drawings — one natural size, 

 the other considerably magnified — of a caterpillar said to be very 

 destructive to the Eucalyptus tereticomis in Gippsland. The 

 drawings were sent to me a few days ago by Baron Mueller, 

 who had received them from Mr. A. W. Howitt, the resident 

 Magistrate, North Gippsland. In the absence of a specimen or 

 even of any description, of the perfect insect, it is absolutely 

 impossible to determine the species of Moth to which the larva 

 belongs ; but it apparently is of the genus Orgyia, Family Aretha! a) 

 and Division Pseudo-Bombyces. In the genus Orgyia and its 

 allies, the female is generally apterous, the abdomen swelling 

 out into a huge mass of ova covered with the woolly clothing of 

 the moth. I have never before heard of the numbers of any of 

 this group of moths being so great in any locality as to injure 

 trees. My object in now introducing this subject to the Society, 

 is in the hope of drawing the attention of members to it, so that 

 the summer may not be allowed to terminate without an attempt 

 to solve the problem of the cause of the rapid destruction of our 



