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COSSUS LIGNIPERDA. 



The Goat Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Bombycidae Lat.y Leach. 



Type of the Genus Bombyx Cossus Linn. 

 Cossus Fah., Lat. Bombyx Linn., Haw. 



Antenn(E pubescent, covered with scales above, setaceous, com- 

 posed of numerous joints, pectinated internally, pectinations 

 much stronger in the male (fig. 1) than in the female (2), 1st 

 joint large, cup-shaped. 

 Labrum "» 

 Mandibles Vnone. 

 Maxilla; J 



Palpi 2, erect, thickly covered with bristly scales, 3-jointed, 1st 

 joint short, 2nd long, curved upward from the base, 3rd small, 

 rhomboidal (4 and 4*). 

 Head vertical, with a tuft of hair upon the crown (7). Thorax robust, 

 not crested, with large scales covering the base of the superior wings. 

 Abdomen robust, very hairy, obtuse in the male, somewhat acute in 

 the female. Wings entire, deflexed when at rest, superior ones long, 

 and larger than the inferior. Legs ; anterior pair, with a com- 

 pressed spine on the internal side of the tibice ; 2nd pair with 2 spurs 

 at the apex, posterior pair with 2 spurs also in the middle of the 

 tibice. Tarsi ^-jointed, basal and terminal joints the longest. Claws 

 simple (8 afore leg), 

 hiivvee fleshy, staked, having only a few bristles ; with 6 pectoral, 8 ab- 



dominal and 2 anal feet. 

 Pupas with the segments denticulated on the sides ; inclosed in a case 

 formed of pieces of wood cemented by gluten. 



LiGNiPERDA Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 3. pars 2.p.3.n. 1 . Cossus Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. 2. 827. 63. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 89. n. 14. 

 Head and middle of thorax rich brown, anterior part of latter 

 ochraceous, posterior portion whitish with a transverse black 

 fascia. Abdomen gray excepting at the base in the male ; fus- 

 cous, each segment being bordered with pale yellowish gray in 

 the female. Superior wings purplish and reddish brown, clouded 

 with pale yellowish gray, having numerous irregular black trans- 

 verse streaks and reticulations. Inferior wings brown, with 

 more obscure reticulated markings, vanishing towards the base. 



, In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



Few illustrated works upon this suj^erb order are without 

 figures of the grand and beautiful insect exhibited in the plate ; 



