84. SUMMARY OF THE REPORT ON THE POMELOE MOTH. 
ation is complete, and the moth forces its way through the 
cell and up out of the earth. 
The perfect insect is about an inch across the wings and of 
a warm brown colour with shadings of silvery grey. In the 
day time it is very quiet and sits usually on the earth of the 
breeding cages, the head and forepart of the body being much 
raised, and the antennz laid back on the wings, which are 
closed and folded closely over the body. When in this posi- 
tion, it is a very inconspicuous object, both as regards colour 
and form. At night it seems to be lively and is possessed of 
fairly good powers of flight. 
The first four moths I raised all died in a little over two 
days, and though they consisted of two of each sex, no eggs 
were laid. On dissection of the females I found the eggs to 
be immature and few in number, and deduced from their 
state, that the insect does not deposit its eggs until some days 
after leaving the chrysalis and that during that time it needs 
food to enable it to perpetuate its species. 
With the next brood of moths I put various fruits, but none 
of these seemed to their taste, for though they lived for five or 
six days, and laid a few eggs, none of these proved fertile. In 
all I raised over thirty of these insects without getting one 
egg that would hatch. 
It seems quite possible that as the fruit on which they feed 
during the caterpillar stage is seasonal and that there are 
periods of months at a time during which no food is available 
that the moths are long-lived, and until their natural food 
during the imago portion of their lives is discovered, attempts 
at artificial breeding will be unsuccessful. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Egg. —Oval, dirty white, translucent with fine raised, irregu- 
lar network covering surface. Length .o4 inch, and breadth 
.025 inch. When laid they take the form of flattened ovals with 
the lower side following the shape of the object on which they 
are laid, and the upper surface convex. 
Larva.—General colour bluish-green, tinted above with 
