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THE VICTOEIAN NATURALIST. 



Geneea. Species. 



Family, Lucinid^. 



LuCINiE 



pecten, Lam. 

 dentata, Wood. 

 = divaricata, Lin. 



LOEIPES 



icterica, Rve. 



Family, Eeycinid/E. 

 montacuta 



Sp.? 

 Las^a 



Australis, Shy. 

 Sub Family, Carditince. 

 Caedita 



amabilis, Desh. 



Gunni, Desh. 

 Mytilicaedia 



excavata, Desh. 



Family, Teigoniid^. 

 Tkigonia 



margaritacea, Lam. 



Family, NucuLiDiE. 



NUCULA 



Grayii, D'Orb. 

 Leda 



crassa, Hinds. 



Family, Aecid^. 

 Aeca 



trapezia, Desh. 



fasciata, Rve. 

 Pectdnculus 



radians. Lam. 



flabellata, Ten. Wds. 



LiMOPSIS 



Belcheri, Ad. <& Eve. 



Geneea. Species. 



Family, Mytilid^. 

 Sub Family, MytiUnce. 

 Mytilus 



latus. Lam. 

 rostratus, Dunk. 

 crassus, Ten. Wds. 

 Modiola 



albicostata, Lam. 

 nebulosa 

 Sub Family, Crenellince. 

 Modiolaeia 



impaeta, Herm. 

 Cumingiana, Dunk. 

 Family, Aviculid^. 

 Siih Family, Aviculince. 



AVICULA 



pulchella, Rve. 

 Sub Family, Vulsellince. 

 Vulsella 



Tasmaniea, Rve. 

 Family, Pinnid.?e. 

 Pinna 



Tasmaniea, Ten. Wds, 

 Family, Spondylid^e. 

 Spondylus 



Sp.? 

 Family, Limid^:. 

 Lima := Radula 



(Limatula) bullata, Born. 

 Family, Pectinid^. 

 Pecten 



Australis, Sby. 

 bifrons. Lam. 

 (Vola) laticostatus, Gray 



Family, Osteeid.e. 



OSTEEA 



edulis (^),Lam. 



LEPIDOPTEROUS LARV^ AND THEIR NATURAL 



MEANS OF PROTECTION. 



By C. C. Brittlebank. 



( Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, loth Scpteinber, 



1888.; 

 There is no stage of an insect's life beset with so man}' dangers 

 as the second or larval stage, and to guard against the exter- 

 mination of the insects to which these larvce belong they have 

 been provided by nature with means of protection. 



We will take for our first example of this the stinging larv^ 

 of one of our moths, Doratifera vulnerans. 



It will be noticed, on examining the larva, that it is bright- 

 coloured and of peculiar shape ; also that it is destitute of feet 

 properly so called, their place being supplied by a soft, pliable 

 membrane always covered by a kind of glutinous matter. In 



