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posterior border; all the jveins, excepting the submedian, lined with black, crossed 

 by a discal, denticulated, whitish-speckled line ; marginal points white ; hind wing* 

 ochreous-white, semi-hyaline, slightly opalescent, with a pale ochreous-brown slender 

 marginal border ; cilia white, with a brown inner line. Body, palpi and legs ochreous- 

 brown ; sides of collar, tegulae, and base of abdomen with a cluster of blaok speckles ; 

 fore legs above dark-brown, with white bands ; middle and hind legs whitish speckled 

 a brown band on middle tibiae, and whitish bands on the tarsi. Expanse of tbe 

 female one and three-tenths of an inch." 



" Pupa dark purple-brown, enclosed within an elongated slight silken coGOon 

 attached to the stem of the food-plant." 



Mr. Green describes the larva as follows : — 



" Colour dull purple. Head black — second and thirteenth segments each with 

 two black corneous dorsal plates. Other segments each with a transverse aeries of six 

 raised black corneous spots, with a seeond row of two similar spots on each of the 

 fifth to the twelfth segments. A small dull orange-coloured lateral spot on second and 

 fifth to twelfth segments. Spins a compact whitish cocoon." 



The larvsB reared by Mr. Green were full fed about the end of Sep- 

 tember, the moths appearing towards the end of October. 



7.— CLOTHES MOTHS. 



Specimens of a Clothes moth, and of blankets destroyed by it, were 



„, , . ' received in December 1887 from the Superintend- 



Blanket moth. . r . 



ent and Agent, Army Clothing, Alipore, with the 

 information that they were taken from a bale of country blanketing 

 which had been baled up and ' dammered ' about two years previously, 

 and which was found to be completely destroyed. It was also stated that 

 it was impossible to open such bales periodically for brushing and 

 beating. 



Amongst the debris we found a few larvae, mostly in the earlier 

 stages of development, and a large number of empty, paper-like cocoons 

 of a Tineid moth most nearly resembling Taschenberg's description 

 (Praktische insektenkunde, Vol. Ill, 1880, p. 261) of Tineola baseliella 

 Humm. which is known to attack woollen cloth, feathers, and such like. 

 Specimens of the moth were successfully reared in the Museum and 

 forwarded to Europe for precise determination, but they have not yet been 

 returned. 



It was suggested that a little kerosine oil poured into the centre of a 

 bale before closing it up would probably preserve it from attack, and that 

 a weak solution of carbolic acid, spirits of turpentine, benzine, camphor, 

 or naphthaline would also probably be effective, regard being had to 

 their relative cost, and the offensiveness of the odour likely to remain in 

 the articles composing the bale. 



Since the above was written information 1 has been received from Mr. 

 Wood-Mason that naphthaline, which is largely used in this Museum as 



' In a letter, dated 7th January 1889. 



