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isns.] 



with Ills foot, when R. oruvl out ' Let me see what it i..' She describes it as being 

 tl>on all cnnnpled u,,, yet they spread themselves out, when perfect, wide and 

 ridged ; and 1 think that it can have but just emerged." 



[This rare and beautiful moth is of about the size and shape of the male of our 

 Saturnia carpini, and in some small degree reminds one of it, but in place of the 

 ocellated spot in the/or.-wings of the latter, it has a curiously forked and curled 

 hyaline streak ; its hind-wings are rosy-red at tlie. base, brown beyond, and have a 

 large round orange spot, broadly ringed with black, and containing a slender hyaline 

 and black C-raark. Its previous states appear to be unknown.] 



l^atamia apollonia, l>W.-Eeferring to vol. xxxvii, page l<J2.-Figures of the 



larva have now eome to hand, in size, form, and even colour, most curiously calling 



to mind that of Satur.ia carpini, yet on examination, totally different, ih.s larva 



is decidedly plump, with the segments full and rather deeply divided, and the head 



and anal segment small; deep full green, the inter-segmental spaces, when visible, 



much whiter ; down the dorsal line is a series of small purple-red >-shaped marks.each 



with its apex pointing backwards, one placed on the front of each segment ; on each 



side are two rows of conical spikes of a shining silvery appearance, but tinged with 



purple ; at the base of each spike of the lower row is a deep black spot, surrounded 



by a yellow ring; spiracular stripe undulating, yellow, and from it a yellow band 



crosses the front of the second, and also of the third segment; legs and prolegs 



green. Food, Mimosa]. 



Psalis seauris, Hub.-" A little boy, visiting at Nggeleni, sent me three 

 cocoons. One moth had emerged. He says that the caterpillars were very pretty- 

 bright yellow and hairy-found upon grass, and fed upon the grass o the sou 

 .eklf The moth comes occasionally to light on a dark night. I had hung th 

 ,,u,.r,;ane lamp out m the veranda, and two precipitated themselves against my light 



dress almost upon the ground. 



Tl„. ,e,., „e»,..l„«t,„g in„„l b„r, s„,„. .■es.,„b,.,.oe to Rl,e..u. -=.,1."* 

 » ,.,., ,„„.„ „L,. o„. to » .pecie. .o w,n„„ ,.. . ... ,., .■»,».. '«'« «^- "» 



L coio,.™, t„e ,„o,-. oc,„.,..„. .ow.,.J t... c„..a, U.e greje- c. ,,.,e Co.... »™^ "^ 



,. „.,.ke.. .t,,p. b.«e,.. t,.eo„ ,1,. ,»i........ -se..,b,...ce, .f . .oa, .o »»»<'- 



there i«..o,o„ible„.i,.,icr,,.. Bn.avk.We. Tl.e a„teon« ».-e, o! Co .., tot.Uj 

 ,r™„t be.„g i., tl... .pee.es »U,ev .l.o.-t, >..<! b-oa.U, peeUoate... Tl.e^ cocoon. 



! ,'e :»,, ,L,„ r„„r„':,„, .e,„i.t,«..p..-e..t a,... p.,e ,c«„w , t„e P-P-'"" "■"■ 

 g,o,.„ U,u,„ h.i,-v a.,.l a.,„o.t w.tl.,.„t .c..,pu,., ; the c,,„,aste.. a .t,o„g sp.ke.] 

 „/„,,,„,». Walt.-" Looki,.g lb.- ,oore lar™ ot M,ri..Jl.ei.la 



Accnais si 



recravou, yr 0.111. ^ a . , , • 1 r „ 



found three or fou.- of another kind, which I al.o figured in a hurr.cd k.ud of -.J. 



t e pecu,,.r.t,w..t,,eapt.^,,de„.thwh.^ 



„ , ■ 'I'l,,.*,- 1-irviE were feeding in broad dayiigiit, 



took hold of the leaf that it was upon, ihest. laiVcC weie b „ , .„ 



of rlre dull hrowu. No rer; long t.u.e wa. ,pe.,t i„ .he cl..7».» «te. lo ^y 

 ,„, great satisfaction they turned out to be the ' Epaulet moth. 



