114 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
All the above are parasitic onthe larvae of longicorm 
beetles, the two latter on weevils also. 
Kehthromorpha intricatoria parasitic on Teia anar- 
toides. 
Neuroptera. 
Chrysopa Ramburii, Micromis australis. 
Coccinellidae. 
Oreus Australasiae, Leis conformis, Cryptolaemus 
Moutrouzieri. 
Moth. 
Thalpochares pulvinariae, parasitic on Lecanium; also an 
unidentified black and white moth, and one each Syrphid 
and Trypetid fly. 
PROTECTIVE HABITS OF SOME AUSTRALIAN 
MOTHS AND THEIR LARVAE. 
By C. H. Wickham (abstract). 
Of all creatures, Lepidopterous larve are among those 
that are least protected against birds and other numerous 
enemies. 
There are, however, some very marked exceptions, 
such as those that are provided with stinging hairs. as 
the caterpillars of Chelepteryx collesi, Ocinara lewini, 
Teara contraria, and several members of the Limacodidae. 
The hairy covering of others probably protects them from 
the attacks of parasitic enemies and small birds. 
In others, usually naked larvae, we find them living 
among leaves rolled up with silken strands; others, like 
the case or bag moths, living in a portable cocoon while 
going through the caterpillar stage of their existence. 
The Crytophagidae and other species feeding at night 
upon the bark or foliage construct a burrow in the stem 
of the host tree, in which they hide during the day. The 
true wood-borers, Hepialidae, in the larval state live in the 
trunk or stems of trees, in which they finally pupate. 
The “‘cutworms,’’ larvee of Noctuid moths, often bury 
themselves in the ground during the day, feeding at night. 
In the Geometridae, an allied family, the long, slender 
looper caterpillars resemble sticks or branchlets, resting 
motionless in the day time among the leaves. 
Others, like the vine moth caterpillar, hawk moths, 
and other larvae which are distasteful to birds, have bril- 
liant showy markings, which act as warning colours, 
