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thinnest part between its two front legs, and pulling 

 it inwards towards its body, and holding it there dex- 

 terously, whilst it spun shorter threads in a moment 

 or two to the surface of the leaves, bringing them into 

 close contact ; after having thus fortified itself, it 

 would afc once curl round into its favourite position, 

 and go to sleep until roused again on another side in 

 the same manner, when it would repeat the operations 

 for its security, and shut out further observation. 



Three moths were bred, two on the 6th, and one on 

 the 9th of June, 1875. 



The full-grown larvae, while crawling, measured 

 If to 1^ inches in length, moderately stout in propor- 

 tion, cylindrical, tapering very little anteriorly near 

 the broad head, and a little on the two hinder seg- 

 ments ; in point of colour the head was now orange- 

 ochreous, barred on either side the mouth with black 

 as far as the ocelli, which were included, and with 

 black square marks surrounding the pale antenna! 

 papillae, its surface a little granulous and shining ; the 

 skin of the body beautifully soft and smooth, without 

 gloss, excepting a narrow, shining, very pale, greyish 

 plate on the second segment and on the anal tip ; all 

 the legs shining ; its colouring above on the back very 

 faint yellowish, most tenderly tinged with greyish, 

 changing almost imperceptibly to primrose-yellow 

 along the spiracular region, and again below to the 

 same delicate tint as the back ; a very faint glaucous 

 pulsating vessel showed partially through the dorsal 

 region. On each side of the front margin of the second 

 segment were three black spots, on the side of the third 

 segment two black spots one above the other, and on 

 the side of the fourth one black spot, and one black 

 spot on the side of the twelfth segment ; the spiracles 

 were pale flesh-colour, the tubercular dots whity- 

 brown, which, together with their short and fine 

 single hairs, could only be discerned with a good lens. 



The cocoon was placed in a hollow cave contrived 

 by spinning several leaves together at their edges, and 



