Nataxa flavescens and other moths in the family Lymantriidae

“Found at Ash Island. Painted caterpillar 11th Dec [1845]. We always found it crawling about the house. Turned on 12th Dec 45. Spun a slight silk nest. Took wing 31st Dec 45.” Description from an unpublished family notebook for AW Scott, ’Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’ (1864-1898).