314 Captain T. Hutton’s Characters of 
After the second moult, the appearance is much the same, the 
head and pro-legs being black ; the four anterior segments ashy ; 
remainder mottled iron-grey ; stigmata black; lunules as before on 
fifth segment, and two small black dots on the front of the second 
segment. 
On the 9th of July the third moult was completed, the head 
having changed to ashy-white; the body entirely ash-coloured ; 
two small black dots in front of the second segment, and two on 
the posterior part of the third; two lunules or sickle-shaped dark 
marks on the fifth segment, composed of two narrow dark curves 
enclosing one of ash; on the eighth segment are two small brown 
circular spots ; in other respects as before, and still very small ; 
stigmata a black ring with white centre. 
On the 15th July the fourth moult was completed, the worm 
being of a faint waxy colour with grey-brown head ; the two dots 
on the front of the second segment now give place to a transverse 
bar with a dot at each end. Two dorsal and two lateral rows of 
small tubercular brown dots. The marks on the fifth and eighth 
segments as before, but darker and more conspicuous ; stigmata a 
black ring with white centre. After the fourth moult the worm 
increases rapidly, and finally attains the length of 2.3, inches. 
On the 22nd July they began to spin, and the cocoons were 
generally of a fine bright golden-yellow, although white cocoons 
were far from uncommon. The form and loose flossy texture 
of the cocoon is the same as that of the Boro-pooloo, but those of 
the latter are larger. In the spinning of the cocoon there was an 
immense waste of silk, arising, I suspect, from some unhealthiness, 
as the worms were restless and wandering, beginning a cocoon in 
one place, and then leaving it to seek a fresh spot, which was per- 
haps in turn abandoned, until sometimes all the silk was thus frit- 
tered away, and the worm either died or became a naked pupa. 
On the 4th of August the moths began to issue from the 
cocoons, and coupled ; they were very small and altogether ashy- 
white, without any markings on the wings. 
The moths showed the presence of disease in having black 
inky spots upon the wings and beneath the skin of the abdomen 
at the junction of the segments ; still they coupled freely and laid 
a plentiful supply of eggs, which were at first nearly white, but 
changed to pale yellow in the course of a few hours. 
The coupling continued for about ten hours, when they volun- 
tarily separated. The males appeared to be somewhat sluggish, 
and the females in most cases, after the first coupling, would not 
permit a second. 
