Zoohoji.-] NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. ^Insects. 



the upper wings of the male are more augiilated or less rounded 

 than in the female, yet the amount of straightening of the outer 

 edge and consequent angularity varies in different individuals of 

 the same brood. 



Common everywhere in Victoria, flying at moderate heights 

 about the she-oak trees ( Casuarina), and occasionally visiting 

 gardens. 



Explanation op Figures. 



Plate 9. — Fig. 1, male (rather large specimen), natural size, upper surface. Fig. 2, female, 

 n.itural size. Fig. 2a, under surface of same specimen. Fig. 3, larva slightly thickened, about 

 to assume the pupa condition, natural size. Fig. 4, sheet of silk web with group of pupse from 

 wliich the insects have emerged, natural size. (The natural position of this is got by turning 

 the left side of tlie plate upwards so that the pupse are nearly horizontal with the head a little 

 higher than the tail.) 



Frederick McCoy. 



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