FAMILY COCHLIDIID/E 
(S The rearing of larvae . . . when joined with the entomological collection, 
adds immense interest to Saturday afternoon rambles, and forms an admirable 
introduction to the study of physiology.” 
Herbert Spencer, in Education. 
This family, which has generally been known as the Limaco- 
didce , is described as follows by Hampson, “The Moths of 
India,” Vol. I, p. 371: 
“Fore wing with two internal veins; vein 1 b forked at the 
base. Hind wing with vein 8 arising free, then bent down and 
usually anastomosing shortly with 7 near the base of the cells; 
three internal veins. 
Larva limaciform, and either bearing series of spinous sting¬ 
ing tubercles, or smooth and segmented, or unsegmented with 
very thick transparent cuticle; the head, legs, and claspers small 
and often retractile. 
Cocoon hard and compact; round or oval in shape, with a 
lid for the escape of the imago prepared by the larva.” 
These curious insects, the larvae of which are commonly 
known as “slug-caterpillars,” are better represented in the tropics 
of both hemispheres than in the more temperate regions. Never¬ 
theless our fauna contains quite a large number of genera and 
species. Of the majority of these we give illustrations. 
Genus SIBINE Herrich-Schseffer 
(1) Sibine stimulea Clemens, Plate I, Fig. 6, larva; Plate 
XLVII, Fig. 9, $. (The Saddle-back.) 
Syn. ephippiatus Harris. 
The green caterpillars with their little brown saddle on the 
back are familiar to every Southern boy who has wandered in the 
corn-fields, and many a lad can recall the first time he came in 
contact with the stinging bristles as he happened to brush against 
the beastie. Nettles are not to be'compared in stinging power to 
the armament of this beautifully colored larva. 
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