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Show 202 INSECTA· Rres ' I nse Ct ., 1, Class I. I, Pap. 8. dispar; B. dispar, Fab.; malle; than the ~emale, hts upper N oct. m.... The male much 5 k' h stripes; the female 1 t' g blac lS • Sh · gs brown With undu a dm t ·eaks on the same wmgs. . e Wl~ • . with black spots an s 1 S hairs on the extremity of whttu;h, gs with the nume~ou ften injurious to fruit-covers her cg terpillar lS very o her abdomen. Theca trees( 1). NoToDONTA, Ochs. . of the su perl.O r wing is dentated. Where the inner margm . . lf 'th certain Nocture(2). cts 1tse Wl • This subgenus conne lmost apterous, as m Sometl. m es the females are a 0RGYIA, Ocbs. . h d w.t th cres t s and pencils of hairs . Th aterpilla.rs are furms e R Ibid., xuix, the female; e c t' Fab.; res., . f h 0 . an tiqua,· B. an ,qua, x.u..t the rna1 e . Superior wmgs o ht' e .•.1 Class II, Pap. Noct., ' blackish stripes, and a w lte u , . t transverse 1 · male fulvous, wtth wo Th abdomen of the fema e ts very spot near the inner angle. e . _ voluminous(3). b ces whose caterpillars nre com We now come to Pseudo-~om s~or; and even the squamous one pelled to crawl, their ~eet bem.~ 1 ;esembling that of an ?niscus, being retractile. Thetr bbody fl;:;at~e second ring, so that lt forms · · ldered a ove and its skm lS so . h h ad is withdrawn. . n arch under w htch t e e a These spect. es I.!o rm the subgenus • . . udibunda, abietia, anacharda, of (1) The Bombyx versicolor, Tiuc~p';j_a, :;;u;~:rera, and several species belong- • • Ol' the genera Endromta, :pa ' Fabnclus, . of Ochsenheimer. of the species ing to that of the Orgyut with the exception' however, . d s irally (2) The Notodonta: of the same, f 't large and compressed palpl, anod p t of al ina which on account o 1 s connecting the Not on a:. called p ~ ~ should form a separate subgenus, h he·ld of the Noctuz, m rolled pr\ os~;~· his Oalyptrre, and which I place at t e fthe Notodontre have the ~::•;;;;:.~ed then•:::,;;::~;::!:;~~~,:o;:.:uar to thi~ la::::,:d:; thorax and crest, a ch . h" h the inferior palpl are strongly co p f them m w lC There are some o ... n of the Nocturnre. our general obsel'va~ions on that d~v~::thers will be Serical'iit· (3) Add 0. gnosttgma, Ochs. LEPIDOPTERA. 203 ,I LIMAOODEs, Lat. Their caterpillars seem to represent, in this division, those of certain Diurnal Lepidoptera, such as the Polyommati(I). The last of the Pseudo-Bombyces, without an apparent or at least useful proboscis, also present another anomaly in their first stllte. Their caterpillars, like those of several Tineites, live in portable dwellings consisting of a silken tube, on which they fix fragments of stems or twigs of various plants, forming little rods laid one over the other. These habitations resemble those of the larvre of certain Phryganere. Very remarkable ones are found in the East Indies and Senegal. These Lepidoptera, united by Hi.ibne1· with the Tinere, compose the subgenus PsYCHE, Schr.(2) The last Pseudo-Bombyces, which by the disposition of their colours seem to represent the Diurna called damiers, are furnished with a very distinct proboscis, which, when unrolled, extends far beyond the head, as in • I CHELONIA, Goda1·t.-Arctia, Schr.-Eyprepia, Ochs. ·J;r Where the wings are tectiform, the antennre of the males pectinated, the inferior palpi densely pilose, and the proboscis is short. C. cltryaorrh::ea; Bombyx c!wysorrluea, Fab.; Rces., Insect. I, Class II, Pap. Noct., xxii. Wings white and immaculate; posterior extremity of the abdomen fulvous-brown. In ·certain years the caterpillar of this species strips whole woods of their leaves. E. caja; Bombyx caja,Fab.; .Rces., Ibid., i. Head and thorax brown; superior wings of the same colour with irregular white st.reaks; inferior wings and back of the abdomen red, with bluish-black spots. The caterpillar which lives on the Nettle, Lettuce, Elm, &c., has received the name of hedge-hog, or bear, on account of its .(1) The Hepialua teatudo, CUJellua, bufo, Fab. See Godart, Lepid. de France, IV, 2~91, xxviii, 1, 2. (2) See Ochs., Godart, &c. |