BAG-WORMS ON ORANGE. 



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Agricultural Eeport for 1858. Its. basket is spindle-shaped, that of 

 the female 18 ram (^ inch), and that of the male 13 mm (J inch) long. It is 

 covered with finely chopped bits of dry leaf, bark, 

 moss and other scraps, supplemented not unfre- 

 quently with the scales of Bark-lice. As an addi- 

 tional protection, several small orange thorns are 

 often fastened to the outside of the case, with their 

 sharp tips projecting backwards and outwards. 

 The pupa case is dark mahogany-brown, and the 

 sutures between the joints are opaque, black, form- 

 ing on the female pupa three, and on the male pupa 

 four, very distinct rings. The male is a small, dark- 

 brown moth, measuring 16 mm (-^A- inch) across the FIG. wpiat<xceticus 



gloverii. ( After Glover. ) 



extended wings. The female, as in the preceding 



Bag-worms, is wingless, and undergoes a development similar to that 



of Oiketicus. 



UNNAMED BAGr-WORM. 



[Fig. 68.] 



A species of Bag- worm smaller than any of the preceding exists upon 

 Orange, and is not uncommon. Its cases are long, slender, and cylin- 

 drical, and covered with fragments of bark, straw, &c. ; many of these 

 are linear, and have projecting ends. The female case (Fig. 68a) is 



FIG. 68. Unknown Bag-worm on Orange: a, case of female; b, pupa of female; c, pupa of male; d 

 end of male pupa, enlarged. (Original.) 



15 mm (-!% inch), and that of the male 12 mm (-^f - inch) long. The pupa 

 of the female (Fig. G8, 6) measures S imu (-f \ inch) in length. The male 

 pupa (Fig. G8, c ; d, end of pupa enlarged) is very minute, being only half 

 the size of the i'emale. Both are slender, bluntly-rounded at the ends, 

 and of a light chestnut color. 



This small species is allied to Psyche confederata, by the slender form 

 and light color of its pupa, as well as by the construction and cylindri- 

 cal shape of its case. In Platoeceticus, on the other hand, the fusiform 

 shape and dark color of the case and pupa, indicate a closer relation- 

 ship to Oiketicus.* 



* The species of Bag-worms are more numerous than has been supposed, and sev- 

 eral undescribed species are confused in collections with the few species hitherto 

 described. 



