Excerpt from The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol. 24 The only explanation that occurs to me of the error into which 'baron von Mueller was no doubt led by some non-entomological friend is this, that a moth had deposited her eggs upon or near a cluster of Old and empty galls, and the young caterpillars had appropriated the galls to their own purposes. There are quantities of Lepidopterous larvae under the dead bark or in chinks and cracks of every gum tree, and for many of the smaller kinds the cavity of the gall with the orifice enlarged would prove a very convenient place for pupation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.