16 AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA 



Tlie cocoon, like that of the preceding species, is found under the surface of the ground, and is composed of agghitinated 

 earth. The chrysaHs (lig. 1) is about J inch in length, daik brown thi-oughout, of somewhat attenuated form, and slightly 

 truncated at the extremity. 



The perfect female insect measures -ii inches ; the male is nmch smaller. 



The Aniennw (tig. 2) slightly thickened towards the middle and terminated in a i)oint. neither arcuated nor hooked. 



The Labial palpi (tigs. ;3 and 4) are three-jointed; l)asal and second joints nearly equal in length, and covered with scales and 

 hairs; terminal joint rather shorter than either, somewhat cylindrical, and covered with a few short hairs; 

 the whole i)rqjecting forwards. 



The Legs: anterior pair spurless; second pair (tig. 5) with two spurs at apex of tibue ; ]iosterior ])air with four spurs, 



two on middle and two on apex of tiliias tarsi iive-jointed and terminating in two small claws. Tibia; 

 and tarsi covered with feathery scales, the former of which are furnislied exteriorly with a tuft of long 

 hairs. 



Wings decumbent in repose ; insect diurnal. The upi)er surface of i)oth sexes is throughout rich velvety black, with two 

 broad wavy pale yellow transverse bauds on the superior wings, the outer one extending nearly across the middle of each wing ; 

 several narrow and rather indistinct bars occupy the base, and near the outer margins are several short whitish lines, indicating 

 the nervures, and also a short subcostal bar. Marginal fringe of upper wings black, with white at tips and anal angles ; of lower 

 wings white, with deep black scallops. Thorax i)lack, with longitudinal streaks of pale greenish white ; abdomen tufted with 

 vermilion coloured hairs. The under surface is similar to above, but presents additionally two wavy transverse whitish bands 

 towards the middle of inferior wings, and a whitish costal streak. The abdomen is also ringed with vermilion hairs, and the legs 

 tufted with the same colour. 



The circular spots on the lower wings, mentioned by Lewin as exclusively belonging to the males, are rarely met with, and 

 then are merely a varietal difference, certainly not a sexual distinction. 



We have seen the larvii? feeding indifferently on the various species of Cissus and Vitis, the ^notheras and Balsams, and 

 on Hardenhenjia monophijlla, the plant figured in the illustration in conjunction with the larva and perfect insect.* The grape 

 vine, however, seems to constitute its general and apparently most congenial food. 



AUAUISTA DOK<J\'ANI, Boisduval.— (Plato XV.) 



Agariaia Doiiovau'i, Boisduvjil, Voy. dc I'Asti'olabo, Ent., p. 176 (1832). 



This species is also not commonly met witli in the larval state, although fairly abundant in the perfect form. We have as 

 yet only found it on the Vitis unlarclica,\>\\i it probably feeds, like its congeners, on many allied plants. It measures 1^ inch; 

 the ground colour is bistre brown, with a broadish annular band of white on each segment, bearing in the centre a row of raised 

 black spots, each emitting a thin white hair. Head black ; feet and legs blackish brown. 



The cocoon in form, material, and situation, exactly resembles those of the preceding species. The chrysalis (lig. 1) is 

 slightly over I inch in length, reddish brown in colour, slim in form, and truncated posteriorly. 



The female perfect insect measures al)oiit '1 inches ; male smaller. 



* [Professor McCoy states tljat before the introduction of tiie \'n\v into Victoiia, tli»> larva' of Aijarista Lewini fed on (hwphalium Introalbuni]. 



