THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



wrinkled transversely. Wing-cases rather glossy, with irregularly 

 waved striae. The abdominal segments are smoother than the 

 head and thorax, but have very distinct irregular punctures 

 and some deeply waved wrinkles. Cremaster rough, keeled, 

 and bifurcate at tip. Length — male, 50 mm. ; female, 60 mm. 

 Width — male, 18 mm. ; female, 23 mm. 



From cast skins of the larvae, the head appears to be produced 

 above into a conical form, the face covered with roughened 

 oblong tubercles, the segments bearing short setiferous spines. 

 Anal segment also with a margin of closely set bristly spines. 



FAM., ZYG.EIND/E. 



Agarista glycine. Lewin. 



After exclusion from egg, the young larvae are dull yellow in 

 colour, pale olive on the dorsal region, head and three anal seg- 

 ments conspicuously of the yellow shade. Each segment bears 

 8 black tubercles, carrying a thin bunch of white hairs. The 3 

 anal segments projected into a hump-like form. The tubercles 

 have a bluish reflection. Feet and abdominal legs blackish 

 orange. Length, 4 mm. 



After 1st moult. — Head and 2nd segment orange. Ground 

 colour of other segments clear white, all bearing black tubercular 

 spots, those of 2nd and third being oblong in form, the rest 

 somewhat triangular. These spots are so large as almost to 

 obscure the ground colour of the body. There are dorsal and 

 sub-dorsal slightly interrupted white lines, which run from the 

 base of the 2nd to the base of the nth segment. The 12th, 

 which is humped, bears a large orange blotch, with black tuber- 

 cular spots. Anal clasps, feet, and legs dull olive, with black 

 markings. Length, 8 mm. The caterpillar in this stage has the 

 habit of putting out threads, by which it descends from leaf to 

 leaf. 



FAM., BOMBYCID^E. 



Nola lugens. Walk. 



Larva (full-grown). — Ground colour pale fawn drab. Head 

 pale chestnut brown, mottled in front with a darker shade. 

 There is a dorsal line of lilac-brown, somewhat waved in its out- 

 line, and edged by blotches of pale yellow on segments 4, 5, 6, 7, 

 10, 11, in the centre of which blotches id a raised pale yellow 

 tubercle. The tubercles are absent on 8 and 9, and the yellow 

 band on these segments is less distinct. There is a sub-dorsal 

 somewhat interrupted narrow band of dark brown, edged with 

 yellowish, and below the spiracles, which are dull yellow, is a 

 darker yellow line. In the male larva the yellow tubercles spoken 

 of above are visible on all the segments. Under side, feet, and 

 legs yellowish white. The whole surface is sparsely covered 

 with pale drab hairs, those of the anterior segments being the 



