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defective information in some of the books, he thought that P. 

 perochraria afforded a possible exception. I find that Rossler, 

 from whom the suggestion was supposed to emanate, gives no 

 hint of anything exceptional in its hybernating period. 



(To be continued.) 



SOME TASMANIA.N CASE-BEARING LEPIDOPTEEA. 

 By Frank M. Littler, F.E.S., M.A.O.U. 



(Concluded from vol. xxxvii. p. 315.) 



Oeceticus ignobilis, Walk. 



^ . 40 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous, face 

 whitish, antennae ochreous, legs fuscous. Fore wings elongate, mode- 

 rate; costa nearly straight; termen oblique, semihyaline, minutely irro- 

 rated with fuscous scales, thicker towards base and along costa. Hind 

 wings with termen rounded, slightly uneven ; colour as in fore wings ; 

 some dull ochreous fuscous hairs towards base and along dorsum. 



$ . 15-20 mm. Apterous. Cream-coloured, except for the head 

 and thoracic segments, which are brownish ; surface naked, except 

 for slight pilose fringe of short yellowish hairs on the posterior 

 segments. 



What I have remarked about the female of Clania leivinii 

 applies with equal force to this species. Therefore there is no 

 necessity to repeat myself. This species is not so plentiful as 

 the previous one ; its case is formed in the same manner, but is 

 longer and stouter. Personally, I have found it feeding on 

 eucalyptus only. The habits of the male and female moths are 

 precisely the same as those of C. leicinii. 



On the mainland this species is commonly known as the 

 "Lictor Case-Moth," because its case bears some resemblance to 

 the fasces or bundles of rods borne by the lictors of old before 

 the Roman magistrates. 



Cebysa conflictella. 



S . 14-19 mm. Fore wings very deep brown, black in some 

 lights, powdered with minute golden scales ; along the costa are five 

 orange-yellow spots at practically equal distances apart ; the first spot 

 is just inside the apical angle, and the fifth at the base of the wing ; the 

 fringes are likewise orange-yellow. Hind wings same colour as fore, 

 but with more orange-yellow markings ; discoidal cell orange-yellow, 

 also apical angle, but this yellow spot is absent in some specimens ; 

 the inner margin has four orange-yellow spots ; fringes orange-yellow. 

 Under side same as upper. Body very dark brown, tufts on side of 

 thorax pale yellow ; under side of abdomen orange-yellow. 



$ . 11-15 mm. Semi-apterous. Fore wings a beautiful shade of 

 peacock-green ; apical area orange -yellow, extending one-fourth ; two 



