12 AUSTRALTAK LEPTDOPTERA 



They usually rest with tlie wiiii^s })lace(l horizontally. 



The o<j;gs arc i)ro(luri(l ill lar^c miiiiln-rs and are gri'visii white, conipressed o\al in i'orni, ami are attached to the [daiit 

 either sinj^dy or in clusters of two or tliree. 



The voung larva* at lirst are itlackisli, with segmental \\liorIs ol' hair, wliic h, after their lirst cdiaiige ol' skin, di'velop into 

 small tubercles. Occasionally the l)lack colour is replaced l»y a dull greenish-yi'llow. hut as a rule the full grown caterpillar, which 

 is 'Ih inches long, is throughout velvety-hlack, with six well delliied eipiidistant })arallel hands of light green running from the third 

 to the antepenultimate segment. Sjiringing fiom the centre of these bands and on each segment (with the exception of the 

 anterior and the last two) are six white tubercles, of a bright yellow ringed with scarlet at their bases, and surmounted with 

 symmetrical clusters of white hair. On the two ])Osterior segments the tniiereles are only tour in nundier, of slightly larger sizi', 

 and tinged with yellow, while they are quite absent on the anterior segment where they are replaced 1)\ hair. A thin fringe of stiff 

 white hair is placed iietwecn each segment, and there is also a lateral bordering of slnnt hair over the legs, which, with the head 

 and extremity are dull red. 



Towards the end of October and again in ^laivh the cocoons are spun, being atlacheil Iciigliiways to the stem ; they are 

 coriaceous, oval, and dark inown in colour. 



The chrysalis (tig. 1) is shining blackish red, about I iiudi long, and half an iiuh wi<lc. 'J'he moth, like the Aiitliridii 

 cucithjpti described in the iirst jjart of this work (N'ol. I., p. lii, emerges from its cocoon by moistening one extremity with a lliiid 

 which is secreted for the purpose, rotating its body, and ripping open the envelope by means of the strong curved hooks placed on 

 each shoulder. 



The Ankiiiid' in both sexes four-pectinated on each joint ; the pectinations in the male being \ery long, and much 



developed, each pectination lliicl\ ciliated a' the sides ; the antenna' (tigs, "i and ;}) arc broadest in the 

 iiiiddK", and from theiict- the peclinations gradually decrease in length towards iioth extremities. 



The T.nhia} piilpi iligs. 4, 5, and (i) three-jointed, small, hut distinct, and bent downwards in front of the mouth; terminal 

 joint round at ti}), rather more than one-third the length of second, which is nearly double that of the 

 basal. The whole are hairy and scaly, the hairs thickest on the outer jiortioD. 



The Ma.vilUi; obsolete. 



The JjCijs : the anterior pair dig. 7i spurless and much more jiilose than the; others; st'cond and posterior pairs 



(ligs. H and '.)) with two small spurs on the tibia', in the male the tibi;e and tarsi very densely clothed 

 with hairs ; the tarsi ilve-joiutcd, barely as long as the tibiio, the terminal joint elongated, and terminating 

 in a pair of small claws. Eemora densely jiilose. l-'emale much less pilose than male and joints therefore 

 more distinct. 



In outline the male of the .liillnian (istnijilu'ln has not got the graceful curves of its congeui'rs the Antluiuu luailiiplt, 

 A. Ih'liiKi, or A. jiiiifllK, the u])])er wings being shorter and niori' roiindi'd. Its colour is also more uniform, being as a rule 

 throughout pale clear chrome yellow, shghtly salmon at the lips, which are much crumpled iietween the veins. A distinct band of 

 purfilish black is placed transversely on Itotli wings, and there are two short additional bars on the inner angle of the upper wing. 

 An ocellus ringed with purplish black, luiiiilated with red and white, and with a small hyaline pupil, occupies the centre of each 

 wing; costa and patagia dark grey; aiidonu'ii. head, and antenme yellow. The female is throughout pinkish brown, with the 

 transverse bands, ocelli, costa, and patagia similar in colour to the male, but darker and richer in hue. The male measures 

 4 inches in expanse, the female 4A inches. 



The caterpillar is ligurcd on tlii' native pine, rodocarinis clala, and the cocoon attached to another characteristic 

 indigenous tree, the Acruiiijchia laccis, both ])laiits bearing fruits much ajipreciated by the wild pigeons, opossums, etc., but 

 otherwise valueless from an economic point of view. In a future number we hope to give the life-history of Antlicnm jawtla. 



ni<:ti!()C()Ryni'; hhiwnda, I'kli.ku.— (riate xiv., ?). 



.\<trocori/if iv/titiK/ii, ViiUU'V, Ucisc Xovani, Lq.., I I I , ).. .'jUT, pi. Ixx., lig. 10 (1867); of. T'li.tz. Hell. I':ut. Zcit.. XXVI , y. Trt (l.'^S-2). 



(I'oniluha niZ/iecit/n, L'l-ittwit/, SU^tt. Knt. Zrit., p. 1S7, pi u., |i^, 2^ ;v-lj (l.SGS). 



l/enjieiin corrchii, Sidtt, .MS. 



LlFK-lllsronv Miitlu'W, Ti'uM.s. Ivit. Sot-. Loud,, ISSS, p. Isl. 



We originally discovered the habitations of this pretty species of Netrocoryiu' in considerable numbers at Ash Island, 

 commonly on the Xrplii'lliiiii Iriucurpuin, and occasionally on the Scoloiiia Iliviniii, the Xotolira hmqifoUa, and Podoairpus data, but 

 subse(pu'ntly we have found them inhabiting similar trees and shrubs in the Botanic and many private gardens in or about 

 Sydney, having probably accompanied their food plants (some of which are highly ornameutal) to the new localities selected for 



