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widest in the centre satiny-white ; the outer edges are marbled 

 with a broad band of the same colour enclosing a row of oval 

 rings, with an angular patch containing a similar oval ring and 

 another white patch near the shoulders, the hindwings and ab- 

 domen satiny -white. 



The female has the forewings, head, thorax and legs pale 

 brown, with a large irregular bright green patch running from the 

 shoulders, and occupying the centre of the wing, a large irregular 

 patch at the tip and two small spots on the hind margin of a 

 similar colour ; hindwings pinkish-red inclining to yellow at the 

 tips and margined with brown behind ; abdomen reddish-brown 

 at tip. 



This species breeds annually, forming a thick felty bag all round 

 the branch, and boring a hole several inches down the stem or 

 branch, the larva pupating about the middle of December and the 

 moth coming forth three or four weeks later. 



Mr. Thornton has found the larvae in the following trees and 

 plants — Lilly Pilly {Eugenia smithi), Grey Gum (^Eucaly2}tus 

 tereticornis), Stringybark (£J. leucoxylon), Hollyhocks, Rock-lilies 

 and other plants ; while I have bred it from Eucalyptus rohusta 

 from Botany. 



There is a small variety of this species which is never more than 

 an inch across the wings, but is similar in its coloration and habits. 

 The larvae attack any kind of tree and bush, and though gene- 

 rally very scarce they appear in great numbers every three or four 

 years at Wallsend. It is very likely that these are dwarfed speci- 

 mens ; and their coming out in such numbers may affect their 

 food supplies, and have thus stunted them. 



ClIARAGIA sp. 

 This species is considered a rare one about Wallsend. Mr. 

 Thornton says he has never bred it from any tree but the green 

 wattle {Acacia decurrens). The female is a little smaller than 

 C. splendens ; the pattern of the forewing is exactly the same, but 

 here the brown tints are much lighter and the bright greens are 



