. Australian insects. Insects. LKl'inOPTERA. 2()1 |)olitaii species; lists 29 species as Austi-alian; tlicy are usually grey or brown witli darker lines and blotches. Selidoscma lyciana is one of our largest species, nieasurinj^ about 2 inches across the wings; is of a uniform brownish grey, with both i)airs of wings marbled in a regular pattern with black and chocolate brown, and crenulated round the edges. The larvae feed upon the black wattle, and vary much in colour from grey to dark brown; the head is curiously notched, and there are two little i»rojections upon Fig. 127. Fis:. 1
. Australian insects. Insects. LKl'inOPTERA. 2()1 |)olitaii species; lists 29 species as Austi-alian; tlicy are usually grey or brown witli darker lines and blotches. Selidoscma lyciana is one of our largest species, nieasurinj^ about 2 inches across the wings; is of a uniform brownish grey, with both i)airs of wings marbled in a regular pattern with black and chocolate brown, and crenulated round the edges. The larvae feed upon the black wattle, and vary much in colour from grey to dark brown; the head is curiously notched, and there are two little i»rojections upon Fig. 127. Fis:. Figs. 126 aiHi 127.—The Marbled , 12(5. Lophiidei^ slnMraria ((Jueriii) ? . 1?.7. /jop/i(Hl('it xinistrai-ia 'T . the back by which they can be easily identified. *S'. excur- saria has a range from S. Australia to Wales, and is one of our commonest species; it measures l^A inches across the wings, and is of a uniform dull greyish tint, very finely pencilled with darker transverse markings, but is somewhat variable in colour. The caterpillars are of a general light brown colour, with the sides pencilled with fine parallel white lin(^s running down the whole length of the body; they are said to feed upon a number of different (tlants, but are common on the Avattles. S. canescaria, slightly larger than the last, has a dull grey tint, thickly mottled with dark brown wavy lines; it ranges from S. Aus- tralia to Queensland. Another species, »Sf. acaciaria, is a little larger, of somewhat similar colour, wdth wiiitish mark- ings; it is common in this country, and is also found in India, Ceylon, and S. Africa. Lophodes sinistraria is slightly over 2 inches in the large females; the sexes vary much in size and colour. They are of a general dark chocolate brown tint blotched with grey along the front of the fore wings, with a distinct row of short grey stripes round the hind wings in a line with the dentate. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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