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water. Another handsome caterpillar, deep 

 orange with black bands, not quite so large as 

 the last mentioned, belongs to Satumia Wallen- 

 grenii (Felder), a soft pearl-grey moth with eye- 

 like spots. 



The caterpillar of the lovely Saturnia Dala- 

 gorguei is a remarkably lively cream-white 

 fellow, covered with long coarse white hair. I 

 found my first specimen on a tree trunk just as 

 he was pulling down the last bit of bark over 

 himself preparatory to his change. He was 

 violent when I disturbed him, but completed 

 his bark covering on the way home. Some other 

 caterpillars I have been rearing, with short 

 pinkish-grey hair and very pretty faces, were 

 also very lively in their dispositions when 

 touched or looked at. In their free state they 

 rested near the ground in the crevices of the 

 bark of their food tree (Kafir plum), almost 

 exactly like it in tint, only crawling up to the 

 leaves at night to feed ; but in captivity they 

 ate all day. They wove a hard leathery cocoon 

 iii a very few hours. The perfect insect was a 



