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I n ,. Prnhablv other Bpeciea possess this character m 
iKiaccoMin, U> F.eye.. fig»e (H =»'■ ■■;;/^J;J:„fL Jit w..ts 
Uerior wi.gs it .hews the same »a,.tmg, "f*;;";^'; 7:,_ ,, ,,, peculiar 
; J^escription of tU la.va of A,oro,UU ausiralis.-On October 5th, 1867 Mr^ 
'^JZZr,, ofUbicon.be, gave Mr. HeUins so.e eggs of th.s spec.es. la.d by a 
^:. r^rC =:;:■-. .a on .. ~. anaother sn^oth 
, Jel ':: chiCwee., a^, being hept in a war. ^^-^^l^^^:^,::^ 
een. to hybernate, but fed slowly through the wmter, and by the -^ ^^ ^^ J ' 
I86B, wore half-an-inch in length : fron. this ti.e they f^ and grew .or rap.d^ 
till April, and all of them had gone to earth by the nnddle of that month, 
moths appeared September 22nd to October lOth^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 
The egg is full and round in shape, with about 20 ribs, wn c 
.t thi top,Tnd the rest stop short in the angles formed by ^^-^^^^^^2' ^^l^. 
nected by transverse reticulations; the ground-colour pale yellow, but splashed 
with purplish-pink. W^pViah tin^e on the back of 
The larvae, when hatched, are greenish, with a blackish tm e 
the front segments, the head brown, the under-side paler than the back, the 
dots distinct, each furnished with a stiff bristle. 
After a moult they become smooth, of a full green colour, ^^'^^.^^l^ ^^^ 
line and a whitish sub-spiracular stripe, the folds showing yellow, and so they 
-^^xrt^:::rrc::rstHet^^^ 
remaining wholly green with double purplish-red dorsal lines, while mothers the 
uripiJular stH e becomes edged above with a spiracular ^^^ ^^ P^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
It the next change the dorsal purplish-red lines open on the centre of each 
.egmtnt'dirosing a'pale pinkish diamond,and the sub-dorsal faintly appears now 
as a fine double pinkish line. t„^;c<-,-n nf rbe 
The -e.t »oolt produce, a tether de,e,op»eBt -l-f f ;-'7''° ° ^*; 
adult, the larva is now a„ inch lo.g, iu .ou,e the greeu or the -'"■ ^» ^»;-; 
tiut. »d the side, a hrlght rose-pint ; in other, a '''f »'f "-^'T'X^'j'j 
pur;iish.pi»k ; at this stage the dorsal line is flesh colour edged w th pn,k or red, 
Td : the front of each segment i, a pair of shert black »ark. placed o« 
so that hut for the dorsal line they would forn, a A with it. ape. po.nt.ng forwa.ds^ 
the .ul,.dor.al line i. also marked with hla«k at heginniug of each segment , the 
""r:i"ir:»e of the hand.on.e.t and .est gail, coloured o^^ 
»„*» i, one inch fl.e-eighth. in length, rathor stout and cyhndncal, .l.ghtl. 
tapered towards the anal tip. . ,-„r1iv;<laala 
The ground colour is now a very brilUant yellow-green, or m 'O™ '°3'"^"»^» 
greenish-fellow i the head green freckled with reddish, a red. nnpohshed sen.. 
