. Australian insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA. 281 This great group coutaius some giants of the iusect world, such as some of the Atlas Moths of ludia, ami Wood Moths of xiustralia, which are as big as small bats; while among the Micro-lepidoptera we come to many tiny crea- tures which require to be examined with a lens before their identity can be established. The typical moth caterpillar constructs a stout silken bag or cocoon, within the shelter of which it casts its skin and becomes a well defined pupa; but there are many which bury themselves in the ground, or pupate in cavities in timber th
. Australian insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA. 281 This great group coutaius some giants of the iusect world, such as some of the Atlas Moths of ludia, ami Wood Moths of xiustralia, which are as big as small bats; while among the Micro-lepidoptera we come to many tiny crea- tures which require to be examined with a lens before their identity can be established. The typical moth caterpillar constructs a stout silken bag or cocoon, within the shelter of which it casts its skin and becomes a well defined pupa; but there are many which bury themselves in the ground, or pupate in cavities in timber that form no true cocoon but simply undergo their transfor- mations in such secure hiding places. en cm Vn '." y. Fig. 112.—Wings of Moth. A, Fore winff: cm, costal margin ; , outermargin or termin ; , inner margin ; , apex ; , outer angle or tornus ; c, discoidal cell ; d, discocellulurs. B, Hind wing: , costal nervure ; vein 12 fore wing, 8 of hind wing ; s. n, sub-costal nervure ; , median nervure ; la, b, c, three branches of internal nervure ; 2, 3, two branches of median nervure ; A, 5, 6, three branches of radial nervure ; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, five sub-costal branches of fore wing ; 7 sub-costal nervure of hind wing. Moths are well represented in all parts of Australia, but are most numerous in well wooded country: a considerable amount of work has been done in this group by Messrs. Lewin, Scott, Walker, Meyrick, Lower,. Turner, and others in Australia, and Messrs. Guerin, Boisduval, and many other foreign writers. I have in the arrangement of the families followed Lower's Catalogue of Victorian Heterocera (Vic- torian Naturalist Vol. x. 1893—Vol. xiv. 1898).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolin
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