296 LIFE STORIES OF AUSTRALIAN INSECTS. 



The eggs are deposited singly on under surface 

 of various species of palms. We have found the 

 larva concealed near the tip of the leaf, the edges 

 of which it had drawn together. It remains in this 

 shelter in the day, and comes out to feed at night. 



The head is produced into a structure which 

 reminds one of the turban of a hindoo. 



Pupa: It pupates between the edges of leaves. 



