Cuar. XII.] THE WOOD-CARRYING MOTH. 431 
African species has ob- 
tained the name of “ Lic- 4 
tor.” The German en- 
tomologists denominated 
the group Sacktrdger, the 
Singhalese call them Da- 
ra-kattea, or “billets of 
firewood,” and regard the 
inmates as human beings, 
who, as a punishment for 
stealing wood in some 
former state of existence, 
have been condemned to 
undergo a metempsychosis 
under the form of these 
insects. 
The male, at the close 
of the pupal rest, escapes 
from one end of this sin- 
gular covering, but the 
female makes it her dwel- 
ling for life; moving about 
with it at pleasure, and 
entrenching herself within 
it, when alarmed, by 
drawing together the 
purse-like aperture at the 
open end. Of these re- 
markable creatures there 
are five ascertained spe- 
cies in Ceylon: Psyche 
Doubledati, Westw.; Me- 
tisa plana, Walker; Eu- 
THE WOOD-CARRYING MOTH. 
