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DORATIFERA* VULNERANS. 
PLATE XXII. Fig. 5. 
Bombyx vulnerans, Lewin's Lepid. of New South Wales, pi. 4. 
It is much to be wished that Lewin had supplied 
us with a more minute description of this insect in 
its different states, that no doubt might exist with 
regard to the place it ought to occupy, and that its 
generic characters might be given in detail. There 
can be no doubt, however, but that it belongs to 
the same subsection of the Arctiidao as Limacodes, 
and indeed a pretty close analogy can be traced be- 
tween its caterpillar and some of those of the South 
American Limacodes. The singular formation of 
the caterpillar, and the unusually thick body of the 
moth (a property for which the South American 
species are no way remarkable, although their larvae 
are so massive), sufficiently justify its separation 
generically from the other kinds, even without ad- 
ducing more minute particulars. 
The sexes of the perfect insect are very much 
alike, the male being rather smallost, the expansion 
From Tiastile, and Qi(v,fero. 
