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AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 19 



The superior wings of botli sexes above are fulvous, deHcately oorrugstcd transversely, and possess an oblique transverse 

 ' of small black spots edged with faint yellow : the under wings, abdomen, head, antenna!, and thorax pale pinkish-brown, the 

 latter somewhat darker. Along the costa and exterior margins of the wings a purplish hue exists, giving to this insect a darker 

 tmge, which, combined with the inferiority of size, affords the only means of its recognition from the D. Lewini. 



In the sketch will be seen two caterpillars, the cocoon, and male and female perfect insects, accompanied by a small piece 

 of the Eucalyptus WooUsii, bearing its cup-shaped seed vessel. 



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Apodit, Haworth. 

 LimacodcSy Latreille. 



Ala3 sat lata}, angulis extcrioribus posterioribusque rotuudatis, antie* teves vel leviter corrugate, costa in fffiminis 

 subreeta, in maribus subconeava. Corpus in foeminis valde, in maribus modice rohustum, alas non superans. Caput parvum. 

 Thorax baud fasciculatus. Antenna), Jf«s.— modice bipeetinatoe, fere dimidio apicali serrate. Foam. — setaceaj. Palpi parvi, 

 dense pilosi, usque ad verticem porrecti, artioulis terminalibus basalibusque parvis, sooundo tor longiori. Pedes sat validi, sub- 

 pilosi, tibiis, tarsorumquc articulis externe scopatis, tibiisque posterioribus calcaribus duobus ant quatuor parvis apicalibus armatis. 

 Larva onisciformis, aut tovis aut ramulis parvis latcralibus instructa, pungerc impotens, capite parvo retractili. PoUioulus coriaccus, 

 ovatus, aut in ramos positus aut sub arbore sepultus. 



Wings moderately broad, rounded at the tips and binder angles ; costa of the fore wings of the female rather straight in 

 front, of the male slightly concave ; the surface either smooth or very slightly corrugated. Body stout, most so in the female ; 

 extending as far as the hind wings. Head small ; thorax not tufted ; Antenna; of the male moderately bipeotinated to a little 

 beyond the half, serrated thence to the tips ; female setaceous. Palpi small, densely pilose, projecting as far as the front of the 

 head; terminal and basal joints small, middle nearly three times longer. Legs moderately stout, sliglitly pilose, with long 

 brushes of hair anteriorly on the tibia; and each joint of the tarsi, in some the posterior tibisc with two small apical spurs, in 

 others with four. Larva; onisciform, either plain or with small lateral fleshy projections : stinging apparatus obsolete ; liead 

 small, retractile. Cocoons coriaceous, ovate, either placed on branches, or at the foot of the tree in sand. 



As we imdcrstand the genvis Limacodes, as at present restricted, to consist of such insects of this extensive family only, the 

 antennae of which in both sexes are simple or nearly so, we have therefore placed the two following species under the old 

 generic name of Apoda of Ilaw'Orth, for the males of our examples possess antenna; bipeotinated to rather more than half of 

 their lengths, besides the posterior tibia; in some of oux species are only provided with two small apical spurs. 



SPECIES 1.— APODA XYLOMELI.— (Plate VI.) 



The caterpillar is onisciform, the sides at their lower edges prolonged into deep serratures, over which arc wrinkles disposed 

 obliquely : the upper surface is of a lively green throughout, lighter towards the back, along which runs a straw-coloured band 

 edged with light bluish-green ; two small pointed yellowish projections spring from the 2nd segment ; the whole body covered 

 with minute raised points, is viscous, and measures 1;^ inch in length. It may be commonly found from August to October 

 feeding upon the Xylomelum pyriforme, Telopca speciocissima or Banksia serrata, plants which thrive in the vicinity of Sydney, 

 the Hunter River, and other localities along the coast. 



The cocoon composed of silk, is placed lightly in the sand at the foot of the tree tlie caterpillar has previously inhabited, 

 and encrusted entirely with particles of sand. It is somewhat globular in form and weak in texture. 



The chrysalis (fig. 1) is short, stout, fleshy, of a pale yellowish gray and measures J an inch in length. 



In expansion of iving the male is 1| inch, the female J incli larger. 



'She AntenncB ...(fig. 2, male) bipeetinatcd to more than half the length, the remainder serrated to the tips; of the 

 female setaceous. 



The LaUalimlpi, (fig. 3, and di male) small, pilose, projecting nearly as far as the front of the head ; basal joint small, 

 terminal somewhat larger and pointed, 2nd large, nearly three times the length of the terminal ; female 

 similar but larger. 



