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WOOD MOTHS: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR 

 LIFE-HISTORIES. 



Chiefly Compiled from the Notes of Mr. R. Thornton, of 

 Wallsend, N.S.W. 



By W. W. Froggatt. 



Through the liberality of Miss Georgina King, of Homebush, 

 the Technological Museum has recently acquired a very fine col- 

 lection of Wood Moths, belonging to the genera Leto, Charagia, 

 Eudoxyla, and Cryjytophasa, collected and bred by Mr. Robert 

 Thornton. Subsequently, Mr. J. H. Maiden handed over to me 

 a number of notes on the specimens in this donation, written by 

 the collector, which showed a keen sense of observation and a care- 

 ful study of their habits. 



Later on with the Curator's approval, I had the pleasure of 

 visiting Mr. Thornton, who was good enough to show me his col- 

 lections, as well as some larvae in trees still under observation. 

 This paper therefore is chiefly a compilation from his notes, or 

 results of unrecorded personal observation, freely placed at my 

 disposal. 



Eudoxyla eucalypti, Hnbn. 



There are several specimens of this moth in the collection bred 

 out of the branches and stems of " lignum vitae " {Acacia longi- 

 folia). It is a common and very destructive species, found where- 

 ever the Acacias are plentiful, but having a decided preference for 

 A. longifolia and allied species. I have bred a number of these 

 moths from the Acacias at Rose Bay and other localities near 



