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6. C. iGNOBiLis, Walk. 



Entometa 'uinohll'is. Walk., Char. Lep. Het., p. 67, ii. 7, 1809; 

 McCoy, Proe. Zool. Vict., iv., t. 40, ff. 7-10, 1879. 



d' , 36-40 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-reddish, face 

 white or whitish, thorax anteriorly paler. Antennoe and abdo- 

 men dull ochreous-reddish, somewhat fuscous tinged, a dull 

 whitish tuft of hair at base of antennae. Antennal pectina- 

 tions at greatest length, 8. Legs pale ochreous-fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa almost straight, arched towards apex, 

 apex hardly rounded, termen oblique; fuscous, becoming 

 darker around edges and towards base, cell semi-transparent; 

 veins outlined with ochreous fuscous; cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with apex somewhat prominent, termen oblique. Slightly 

 sinuate, on posterior half; colour, outlining of veins, and cilia 

 as in forewings. 



Case. — 35-50 mm_. in length; diameter, 10-15 mm.; cir- 

 cumference, 30-45 mm. Cylindrical, tapering broadly at both 

 ends ; dull fuscous, thickly ornamented with a solid fence of 

 stout pieces of stems of food-plant, placed longitudinally and 

 placed thickly together. These pieces of stems vary in length 

 from 20 to 90 mm. Of the latter lengths there are but 2 or 3 

 to each case, and are usually much thicker than the others, 

 appearing to act as supports. 



Larvcf. — The larva is a somewhat fusiform, short, almost 

 naked, fuscous-coloured creature. Head and thorax creamy 

 white, thickly strigulated with dark fuscous, posterior seg- 

 m.ents with a few scattered hairs. 



This is the commonest and most widely distributed species 

 of the group. The larvas feed on various species of Eucah/ptus. 

 (We have bred the d" from E. rostrata in South Australia.) 

 But the perfect insects are rarely taken on the wing, being 

 unmercifully attacked by various species of parasitic Dipt era 

 and Irhneumon'xhe, in the larval stage. It has stood for many 

 years in collections as Entometa ignohilis, but the genus Ento- 

 meta is one of the Las'-ocampidcp, of which ohliqua, Walk., is 

 the type, according to Kirby. 



The type of ignohilis is in the National Museum, Mel- 

 bourne. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Gisborne, etc., 

 Victoria; Perth, Western Australia; and Adelaide, etc.. 

 South Australia. Several specimens; in January and Febru- 

 ary. 



7. C. TENUIS, Rosen. 



Ann. Nat. Hist., o, xvi., p. 422. t. 11, fig. 8. 1885. 



(d , 22 mm. Head, thorax, antenngg, abdomen, and legs 

 black, face snow-white, patagia white, thorax with two raised 



