314 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



The cocoons, some of which are two inches in 

 length, are attached to the branches like those of 

 the "drinker moth," and are very hard and woody 

 like those of the "puss moth." As is usual with 

 hairy caterpillars, the creatures, as they spin, work 

 in their own hair into the silk. This makes the 

 cocoon a most unpleasant object to handle, since 

 the hairs are apt to come out and irritate the skin, 

 as is the case with the cocoons of many of our 

 home species. The eggs are large and of an olive 

 brown, but present no peculiarity. I was unable to 

 obtain any fertile eggs, otherwise I might have 

 been able to keep down the excessive growth of 

 Acacias in the Botanic Garden! 



