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NOTES. 



A few weeks ago when out collecting I observed a female 

 specimen of the moth CEnosanda boisduvalii : Nem, in the 

 act of depositing eggs upon a branch of the so-called 

 "peppermint gum "Eucalyptus amygdalina — La. B. It was 

 a cold chilly morning, and as she deposited the tiny globular 

 yellowish coloured eggs one by one I could easily notice her 

 providing for their protection by covering them with the fur- 

 like hair of her own body, which adhered to each egg as soon as 

 it was deposited. This is the first time I have taken this moth in 

 Victoria, and it is evident that the larva? feed upon the leaves 

 of Eucalyptus trees ; it is probable that this species have a much 

 wider range than is generally supposed, being recorded from 

 tropical Queensland, and now from the hilly slopes of Southern 

 Victoria at a height 1,200 ft. above sea level. 



I have recently received a note from Mr. G. Lyell, of 

 Gisborne, saying he has taken this moth " dozens of times " 

 in Victoria, but as I can find no record of it, I trust the above 

 will be of interest to collectors. 



The following description of the larva and pupa of the 

 moth, Termessa shepherdi — one of the so-called "footmen 

 moths," has been taken from specimens bred during the present 

 season. Larva — full grown: of the usual oniscorn or wood-louse 

 shape. Head small, brown in colour, body segments canary 

 yellow with large tubercular projections carrying bunches of 

 pitchv hairs. Length when crawling 11 inch, at rest 1 in. 



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Food plant : my specimens fed upon the various lichens 

 obtained from basaltic rocks. Pupa : short and fiat : head 

 large and abruptly truncate in front : eye and antennal cases 

 elevated, wing cases very broad, deeply and numerously 

 punctate, interspaces glossy. The ground colour is dark 



