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coming to a narrow neck at its free end, which is open 

 foj the ingress and egress of the grubs. This nest 

 which serves eventually for the sites of the cocoons of 

 the various members of the colony, is apparently used 

 as a refuge or shelter during their earlier life, for long 

 before they have ceased feeding, they will be found to 

 have congregated within at certain times. Later on, the 

 inner walls of the case will be found to be occupied with 

 their packed cocoons, and when the little moths emerge, 

 they break through the outer wall, which thus becomes 

 pitted with the remains of the chrysalides. The moths 

 are of a glossy, pale yellowish-brown colour, obscurely 

 marked with large blotches. 



A nest that was received some time ago from a 

 correspondent on the East Coast, was swollen and 

 pear-shaped, or saccate, from the extension caused by 

 the packed cocoons, and was hardly recognisable when 

 compared with the rather flattened nest, occupied by 

 the caterpillars, which was sent from the Gardens. 



Four-tailed Lizard. — The form of reptile here referred 

 to belongs to the widely distributed species, Tupinambis 

 nigropundatus, which, with the much larger and rarer 

 species T. teguixin, is commonly known in the colony as 

 Salempenta. The specimen was presented to the Museum 

 by Mr. JENMAN, nearly three years ago, in a normal one- 

 tailed condition, and it has since been exhibited in the 

 large snake-case with iguanas, alligators, land boas, water 

 boas, and colubrine snakes of various descriptions, 

 which have been obtained at, and have lived for, 

 different periods. A land boa or camoodie (Boa coti' 



