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are very astonishing. I have put, at different times and occasions, innumerable ques- 

 tions to them on this subject, and they assure me that it is no uncommon practice 

 amongst them to catch some of the male moths and put a mark on their wings previ- 

 ous to letting them fly, the marks of different districts being known. I am told that 

 it has been thus ascertained that male moths have come from a distance equal to a 

 hundred miles and upwards : I of course cannot vouch for the truth of this, but have 

 no hesitation in declaring that I believe it. The Jarroo worm is guarded on the trees 

 in like manner as the Bughy ; this I have had opportunities of seeing on the hills 

 westward of me : the cocoons are darker coloured than the Bughy species, and are 

 wound off as described above. The accompanying skein I had reeled off at my elbow 

 this morning ; it consists of five Jarroo cocoons at first, of four when one cocoon was 

 finished, and of three when two cocoons were ended ; I then stopped the reel ; the 

 three that remained of course gave a filament the entire length of the skein." 



To the above extract the editor adds the following remark. — " The Tussey silk is 

 extremely well adapted for general wear in warm climates, as it makes a dress at once 

 cheap, light, cool, and durable." — p. 149. 



Saturnia Maia, Drury. N. America. 



Aglia lo, Fabricius. Ditto. 



Ceratocampa imperialis, Fabr. Ditto. 



Dorycampa regalis, Fabricius. Ditto. 



Harpyia ? Banksise, Lewin. New Holland. 



Arctia Hebe, Linnaeus. Europe. 



„ oculatissima, Fabricius. N. America. 



Spilosoma Arge, Drury. Ditto. 



„ Virgo, Linnseus. Ditto. 



Limacodes cippus, Cramer. Ditto. 



„ micilia, Cramer. Surinam. 



Doratifera vulnerans, Lewin. New Holland. 



Ecnomidea pithecium. Abbot. N. America. 



Hypercompa ? Sybaris, Cramer. St. Domingo. 



Callimorpha Helcita, Linnaeus. Sierra Leone. 

 „ Phileta, Drury. Ditto. 



Deiopeia bella, Linnaeus. N. America. 



Cydosia nobilitella, Cramer. St. Domingo. 



Erebus crepuscularis, LinnaBUS. East Indies. 



Chloridea Rhexiae, Abbot. N. America. 



Alaria Gaurae, Abbot. Ditto. 



Triphaena materua, Linnaeus. East Indies. 



Catocala Neogama, Abbot. N. America. 



„ Amasia, Abbot. Ditto. 



Asthenia Podaliriaria, Westwood. S. America. 



Very pale cream colour, the wings having three transverse narrow 

 brown bars, meeting in the anal angle of the hind pair, which are 

 tailed ; the tails have a black spot on the inner side at the base, 

 and a black and orange spot on the outer side. 



Macvotes netrix, Cramer. 

 Venilia sospeta, Drury. 



Jamaica. 



p. 212. 

 p. 214. 



PI. xxix. fig. 2. 

 PI. xxix. fig. 3. 



