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DORATIFERA* VULNERANS. 



PLATE XXII. Fig. 5. 



Bombyx vulnerans, LewirCs Lepid, of New South Wales, pi. 4. 



It is much to be wished that Lewin had supplied 

 us with a more minute description of this insect in 

 its different states, that no doubt might exist with 

 regard to the place it ought to occupy, and that its 

 generic characters might be given in detail. There 

 can be no doubt, however, but that it belongs to 

 the same subsection of the Arctiidse as Limacodes, 

 and indeed a pretty close analogy can be traced be- 

 tween its caterpillar and some of those of the South 

 American Limacodes. The singular formation of 

 the caterpillar, and the unusually thick body of the 

 moth (a property for which the South American 

 species are no way remarkable, although their larvae 

 are so massive), sufficiently justify its separation 

 generically from the other kinds, even without ad- 

 ducing more minute particulars. 



The sexes of the perfect insect are very much 

 alike, the male being rather smallest, the expansion 



* From ^ooanov, hostile, and <ptw,fi'ro. 



