162 0. B. HARDENBBRG. 



wandered. In fact, the specimen found on the macrocarpa 

 actually had a piece of the leaf of this plant attached to its 

 bag, indicating that it had been feeding on it. 



The writer also found the species feeding on Stigma- 

 phyllon ciliatum (Fam. Malpighiacese) in the garden 

 of the Natal Museum; while Dr. C. Akerman collected a 

 specimen from a rose-bush in Pietermaritzburg. This bag 

 had been fastened for pupation, and contained a living pupa. 



Laeva, Fiest Instae. 



Upon hatching the larva is about 1 mm. long, when fully 

 stretched 1'5 mm., uniformly olive buff (XL) in colour, with 

 the head, legs, and dorsal chitinous plates on the 1st to 3rd 

 thoracic and 8th to 10th abdominal segments olive brown (XL) ; 

 claws on thoracic legs and hooks on prolegs natal brown (XL). 



Of the chitinous dorsal plates that on the 1st thoracic 

 segment is the largest, extending over the entire width of the 

 segment, that on the 2nd is somewhat narrower, while that 

 on the 3rd occupies only the anterior half and is interrupted 

 in the middle. The abdominal segments following the thorax 

 are free from chitinous plates, while these again appear on 

 the 8th abdominal segment, increasing in size and extent to 

 the 10th segment, where the anal plate occupies the entire 

 dorsum of the segment. 



The position of the setse agrees with that of A. junodi, 

 previously discussed, and the number of booklets on the 

 anal prolegs average 10 in number (text-fig. 8, d) ; on the 

 abdominal prolegs they may reach the number 12, as shoAvn in 

 the table on p. 163. 



Here, also, only half the normal number of booklets are 

 present during the first instar of the larva. 



The young larvse made their first bag out of material 

 gnawed off the parent bag, this first bag being about 1"5 mm. 

 in length and 0"75 mm. in width. It is wide, and either 

 truncated or somewhat barrel-shaped. 



Unfortunately the larvae would not feed in captivity, and 

 we have no data on the length of the various instars. 



