332 RF.coKns oi- the S.A. Museum 



'IMic (■(ii'(ii)iis iii'c picrccil \\i1li two holes from llic scjirrcd side close lo eaeh 

 end. llie piei'eiii^' li;i \'i ip_;' heeii done riy'hl I li riiii'^'li liotii \\;dls. They ;ii'e Ihreaded 

 on 1wo-pl\' sinnel, which is i-etni'ned Ihron^h the hist coconii wilhon1 .joitrm<j:. 

 All the cocoons are siriinp facin"^' the same diredion, oi-, as we miji'ld say, i'i<rlit 

 end np. 



Eaeli cocoon contains a half-tliimhle full of coarse <>'rav;'!, and it is for the 

 retention of this tliat the open ends have been scpiee/.ed and the lips kept in 

 contact until the cocoons dried and hardene(l ; how this was a-complislied is not 

 apparent or known. 



When the girdle is shaken the travel rattles within tiie dried cocoons, and 

 there can ]io no douh! Ihat it was worn in dancing. 



Some of the cocoons are light grey in colonr, others ai-e l>rown, a distinction 

 shown in the ]iho1ogi'aph ( |)1. v), which represents the enlii-e girdle, the pinched 

 ends of the cocoons being npwai'ds. Fig. 3.")1 shows the last six cocoons with the 

 retnrniny sinnet, the fifth last cocoon shows ]iortion of the adherent twig. 



Explanation of Plate v. 



An alioriginal girdle from Northern Queoisland, made of cocoons of a 

 Bomhvcid moth. 



