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35. Thanatopsyche canescens Butler 



Figures 32, 89, 164, 182, 225, 276, 379 



Thanatopsyche canescens Bulter, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 9, 1882. — Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Heter., vol. 1, p. 524, 1892.— Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., 

 pars 34, p. 183, 1929. — Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1181, 

 pi. 169d, 1936. 



Male. — (Fig. 32.) Vesture of head and abdomen black; thorax 

 covered with long greyish white hair; legs and thorax less abundantly 

 clothed than T. chilensis. Antennae black, approximately 37-40 

 segments. Wing expanse 22-27 mm. 



Male genitalia. — (Fig. 276.) As described for genus. Eighth 

 sternite (fig. 225) equal to that of T. chilensis in length, but more 

 narrow and less massive; furcal arms parallel and longer than in T. 

 chilensis. 



Case. — (Fig. 89.) Length approximately 38-40 mm., diameter 

 6-7 mm. Fusiform in outline; silk greyish white, thin, paper-like 

 consistency, essentially naked with only sparse scattering of dark 

 brown, tiny plant fragments; near middle of bag a zone of small 

 outwardly projecting segments of stems present, probably quite 

 variable. 



Type. — In the British Museum. 



Type locality.— Chile. 



Recorded hosts. — "Polygonaceae: Muehlenheckia sagittaejolia 

 Remy, and other shrubs" (Butler, 1882). 



Distribution. — Presently recorded only from Chile and perhaps 

 from the Vale of Chile, although the exact localities are not known. 



Material examined. — 14 cf cf, 1 case: 



CHILE: Specific locality unknown, 6cf cf , USNM; 2 cf cf, case, BM. Aurau- 

 canie(?), 5 d^ d^, USNM. Pamehue(?), c?, USNM. 



17. Animula Herrich-Schaffer 



Animula Herrich-Schaffer, Samml. bekannt. Aussereur. Schmett., pp. 3, 8, 59, 

 fig. 520, 1856.— Heylaerts, Ann, Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. 25, pp. 45, 66, 69, 

 1881.— Kirby, Cat. Lep. Heter., vol. 1, p. 506, 1892.— Dalla Torre, 

 Ent. Jahrb. vol. 36, p. 131, 1927.— Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., 

 pars 34, p. 185, 1929.— Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1182, 

 1936.— Betrem, Tijdschr. Ent., vol. 95, pp. 332, 336, 1952. 



Type of genus. — Animula dichroa Herrich-Schaffer, 1856. Mon- 

 obasic. 



Male. — Body robust, densely covered with dark wooly hair. 

 Antennal (fig. 380) pectinations relatively short, gradually decreasing 

 in length to apex; arising from middle or slightly beyond middle of 

 each segment; sensory hairs long, slender, arranged in definite rows. 



