_Apaustus lascivia_ is one of the small dull brown skippers washed with yellow, with pale slender transverse bars crossing the centre of the wings; the body is marked with white; the under surface is dull yellow, with the tips of the fore wings darkest. The larvae of _Pamphila augiades_, another common species in the Sydney gardens, and found as far north as Bowen, Queensland, feeds upon the foliage of young palms; that of _Erynnis sperthias_ is found on the same plant. _Badamia exclamationis_ is a light brown species with the fore wings narrowed to the extremities, and the hind pair arcuate on the edges. It measures 2 inches across the wings, and ranges from Sydney to Cape York. In the Genus _Hasora_ we have several large skippers, all northern species, with the upper surface dark; the under surface richly marked with purple and pale golden yellow in _H. discolor_; and with simple silvery stripes on the under surface in _H. hurama_. HETEROCERA. Moths. Moths differ from butterflies in having the abdomen stout and thickset, and not pinched or constricted in front at the junction with the thorax; and the antennae, instead of being clubbed or thickened at the tips, are either slender filiform appendages or are uniformly thickened, pectinate, or feathered; when of the latter form they are much more pronounced in the males. [Illustration: =Fig. 111.=--Head of Hawk Moth. _a_, upper lip; _b_, mandibles; _c_, proboscis; _d_, lower lip; _e_, antennae; _f_, eyes. (Redrawn from Duncan’s “Transformations of Insects.”)] Most moths are nocturnal in their habits; in the day time they are usually found hiding among the foliage or resting in dark corners, and many can be obtained by shaking the bushes over a net. The larger species may be killed at once in the cyanide bottle, but must be transferred to a box as soon as they are dead, for they rub very easily; the smaller forms can be placed alive in glass-topped or chip boxes, and afterwards killed, and then mounted before they are stiff. The members of a few groups fly about in the daylight; for instance _Agarista glycine_, our vine moth, but they are exceptions. The beautiful hawk moths only flit about at twilight, and are known as “crepuscular” moths. This great group contains some giants of the insect world, such as some of the Atlas Moths of India, and Wood Moths of Australia, which are as big as small bats; while among the Micro-lepidoptera we come to many tiny creatures 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 transformations in such secure hiding places.