vhalera] 



NOTODONTIDAE 



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Britain to Ross, Ireland, common ; Europe, WC. and N. 

 Asia ; 5-7. Larva dull yellowish ; an orange transverse band 

 on each segment ; nine interrupted blackish lities ; head black : 

 on elm, hazel, etc. ; 7-9. The imago curiously resembles a 

 piece of stick of which the end has been obliquely cut off. 



9. SATURNIADAE. 



Head densely rough-haired. Ocelli absent. Eyes glabrous. 

 Tongue rudimentary. Antennae under ^, in S strongly bipec- 

 tinated to apex. Labial palpi very 

 short, hairy. Thorax densely hairy 

 above and beneath. Abdomen hairy. 

 Femora and tibiae densely hairy, 

 posterior tibiae without middle- 

 spurs. Forewings : lb furcate, 5 

 and 6 closely approximated from 

 upper angle, 7 absent, 8 and 9 out 

 of 10, 11 absent. Hindwings with- 

 out frenulum, la absent, 5 and 6 

 approximated from upper angle, 7 

 from f of upper margin, 8 out of 

 cell at base, rapidly diverging, a 

 praecostal spur faintly indicated. 



A small family, mainly occurring 

 within the tropics, but with a 



few stragglers in temperate climates. ine species are 

 all large, and sometimes gigantic, the Indian Attacus atlas 

 measuring ten inches in expanse of wing, and their decoration 

 is often correspondingly magnificent ; the single British species 

 is one of the smallest. Imago with body relatively short and 

 stout, forewings broad and large. 



Ovum flattened -spherical, smooth. Larva stout, with 

 tubercles bearing tufts of scanty hairs. Pupa in a dense firm 

 oval cocoon. 



1. Saturnia, Schrk. 



Characters those of family. 



A somewhat limited Asiatic genus, extending into Europe 

 and N. Africa. 



1. S. pavonia, L. (carpini, SchifF.) 50-80 mm. Forewings 

 whitish or pale ochreous, densely irrorated with blackish-grey, 

 somewhat crimson-mixed j lines whitish, edged with dark fus- 



Neuration of Saturnia pavoriin. 



climates. The species 



