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longest, and the larva has the singular habit of carrying on these 

 the dry skin of the previous moults. This gives a very curious 

 appearance to the caterpillar, at first sight somewhat like the 

 tufts in the larvse of Orgyia. Length, 15 mm. Food plant- 

 Eucalyptus. Spun cocoons 5th to 10th November. Emerged 

 19th to 25th November. 



Cocoon. — Finely but strongly spun, and in the case of my 

 specimens cemented firmly to the lid and sides of the box in 

 which the transformation was undergone. The colour is dull 

 slate grey, and the cocoon is covered above with chips of the 

 paper lining. The head of the cast skin of the larva is in all 

 cases attached to the forward part of the cocoon. Length — male, 

 9 mm. ; female, 16 mm. 



ANTHEREA EUCALYPTI. Scott. 



Young larva (on exclusion from egg). — Velvety black, head 

 shining. The 3rd segment bears 3 transverse orange tubercles, 

 behind which are 4 rather indistinct white spots. The 6th segment 

 has 2 orange tubercles, while those of 7th, 8th, and 9th are orange at 

 the base only. They all bear black hairs. Behind number 6, run- 

 ning posteriorly to 10, is a double subdorsal interrupted fine white 

 line. Anal segment with two dull orange raised tubercles. 

 Length, 5 mm. 



Spilosoma obliqua ; Bois. Ardices canescens ; Walk. 



Egg. — Spherical, dull yellowish white, changing in about seven 

 days to dull slate colour, the black head of the future larva being 

 seen through the shell. The eggs are laid in irregular masses 

 upon the stem or lower leaves of the food plant. The young 

 larvae are hatched in from 8 to 9 days, and are sordid white with 

 long black hairs. The head is black, and the 2nd segment is 

 marked transversly with blackish brown. Length, 3 mm. 



Teara tesselata ; Walk. Aglaosoma lauta ; Scott. 



Pupa. — Dark pitchy, very glossy, cylindric-ovate in outline, 

 rounded at both extremities. The abdominal segments are 

 palest at their junction, and irregularly punctate. Wing-cases 

 finely but numerously wrinkled. The cremaster is a slightly 

 raised ridge, divided in the middle, with 8 somewhat bifurcate 

 teeth. The pupa is enclosed in a very thin web on the surface 

 of the ground. Length, 30 mm. Width, 10 mm. 



The late Mr. Scott was certainly right in placing this species in 

 a separate genus, as the caterpillars of Teara are gregarious, and 

 have the habit of elevating the head and tail when disturbed, as 

 is the case in the species of the North American genus Datana. 



Calepteryx colesii. Walk. 



The female of this large insect lays from 250 to 300 eggs. 

 The pupa is dark pitchy and some of the cocoons, the hairs 



