74 6 INSECTS ABROAD. 



plump, flat, grub-like creatine almost an inch and a hali in 

 length, and looking as if she would bnrst if touched. 



The male, on the contrary, is a beautiful, though not brightly 

 coloured insect. The body and wings are pale brown, but from 

 the tail proceeds a train of soft glistening white threads, look- 

 ing exactly like the tails of the spun-glass birds which are so 

 popular af bazaars. This species is a native of Australia 



