BY A. W. SCOTT, ESQ., M.A. 35 



with reluctance. We however persevered and put them in a 

 dark and roomy box, aware of the marked dislike to light of 

 larvEe possessing depredatory habits, and left them undisturbed 

 for a week ; at the end of which we were pleased to find that 

 small silken tunnels or tubes had been constructed on the surface 

 of the brown cloth and that the denuded appearance of several 

 places exhibited signs of their ravages. From this cloth they 

 shortly afterwards transferred themselves to the flannel, where 

 they fabricated small portable cases, composed of two separate 

 pieces of an irregular oval form, joined at the sides, but leaving 

 apertures at each end, and being thus comfortably housed, we 

 entertained sanguine hopes of rearing them. These hopes, 

 however, were not to be realized, for towards the end of Novem- 

 ber (nearly two months from their birtli) they ceased to tlirive, 

 and eventually all perished. 



The lai-va (Fig. 1, natural size, Fig. 2, magnified) attained to 

 the length of 2| lines, but this manifestly is under its full growth; 

 the head large, somewhat depressed, and with the fii'st segment of 

 the thorax slightly corneous and of a bro^vnish color, the rest of 

 the body soft, cylindrical and almost colorless, possessing a 

 lateral row of small brownish points, emitting delicate hairs. 

 16 feet, the thoracic ones being large compared with the 

 others. 



The imago $ (Fig. 3.) measures in expanse of wings, 9 lines, 

 the fore wings are elongate, somewhat lanceolate, with the costal 

 margins arched. A broad transverse, rather oblique, glossy 

 brown bar, bifurcate towards the costal margin, occupies the 

 centre and a triangular patch of the same color at the tips ; the 

 remaining portion, or ground color, being silvery white. The in- 

 ferior wings are pale brown glossed over with a golden tint ; a 

 deep marginal fringe surrounds all the wings. Head tufted in 

 front with white ; thorax brownish, having a white spot on the 

 centre of the collar ; abdomen and legs pale shining brown. 



The under surface of the insect, pale golden brown, clouded 

 with darker on the superior wings. 



The male unknown to us. 



Wings deflexed in repose. 



Maxillae. veiy small, almost rudimentary. 



