glttphtsia] NOTODONTIDAE 307 



4. Gluphisia, B. 



Eyes glabrous. Antennae in $ shortly bipectiuated to apex. 

 Palpi rather short, rough-haired. Thorax with slight anterior 

 crest. Posterior tibiae without middle-spurs, all tarsi rough- 

 scaled. Forewings : 10 out of 9 near base. Hindwings : 8 

 approximated to end of cell. 



A small North American genus, of which only one species 

 occurs in Europe. Larva without prominences. Pupa in a 

 cocoon between leaves. 



1. G. crenata, Es}^. 28-31 mm. Forewings dark grey; sub- 

 basal line dark fuscous, edged with pale ochreous ; median band 

 brownish, edges dark fuscous, pale-margined, posterior waved ; 

 median line suffused, dark grey ; discal mark pale, dark-edged ; 

 subterminal line cloudy, grey-whitish, posteriorly dark-edged. 

 Hindwings grey ; a darker postmedian line and terminal band. 



Essex, Bucks, Isle of Man (?), very scarce ; C Europe ; 5, 6. 

 Larva green ; a dorsal series of transverse divided ferruginous- 

 red mai-ks on 3, 4, and 7-13 ; subdorsal line yellow : on poplar ; 

 8, 9. 



5. Stauropus, Germ. 



Eyes glabrous. Tongue rudimentary. Antennae in $ 

 strongly bipectiuated, apical \ simple. Palpi rather short, 

 rough- haired. Thorax with slight anterior crest. Anterior 

 tai'si rough-scaled; posterior tibiae without middle-spurs. Fore- 

 wings : 10 out of 9 above 7. Hindwings : 8 approximated to 

 beyond middle of cell. 



A rather limited Indo-Malayan genus, of which one species 

 occurs in Europe. Larva with 2nd and 3rd pair of legs ex- 

 tremely long, and numerous prominences ; anal prolegs obsolete, 

 replaced by two long filaments ; in repose both extremities 

 sharply erected. 



1. S. fagi, L. 50-62 mm. Forewings whitish -ochreous, 

 densely sprinkled with grey, darker and more yellowish-tinged 

 on median band, especially anteriorly, more brownish dorsally, 

 more whitish towards base ; a black basal dot ; edges of median 

 band darker, dentate, pale-margined ; median line obscurely 

 darker ; a postsubterminal series of dark grey spots. Hind- 

 wings fuscous, paler basally, darker dorsally, towards apex 

 suffused with dark grey. 



England to York, not common ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva 

 ochreous-brown marked with deeper brown or blackish; incisions 



