722. 



ZEUZERA ^SCULI. 

 The Wood Leopard Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Bombycidae Lat, 



Type of the Genus, Noctua ^sculi Linn. 



Zeuzera Lat., Curt. — Hepialus ScAr. — CossusFaJ. — Bombyxi/«6., 

 Haw. — Phalaena Linn. 



Antenna inserted on the crown of the head, close to the eyes, 

 shorter than the thorax, setaceous, the first 18 or 19 joints bi- 

 pectinated in the male (1(^), the rays forming an oval, the 

 following joints slenderer and pubescent : the basal joints woolly 

 only in the female (1 $ ). 



Maxilla formed of 2 very short and broad lobes (3), a little 

 longer in the male than in the female. 



Labial palpi very small, projecting a little from the face (4), 

 clothed with short rigid bristles, triarticulate, basal joint oblong, 

 2nd oval, narrower and rather shorter, 3rd small semiglobose 

 (4 (J) : larger in the female, basal joint twice as long as the 

 2nd which is a little attenuated ( ? ) . 

 Male smaller than the female. Head short and small : eyes globose. 

 Thorax oval and woolly. Abdomen stout, apex obtuse in the male, 

 conical in the female : ovipositor, Aorwy. Wings deflexed in repose, 

 the margins entire ; cilia exceedingly short and fine : superior ovate- 

 lanceolate ; inferior ovate ^ a little emarginate near the anal angle. 

 Legs moderate : tibiae, anterior short and curved, with an internal 

 basal spine, the others longer, with small spurs at the apex only : 

 tarsi spiny beneath, 5-jointed, basal joint the longest, 5th rather 

 long : claws strong and hooked (8 f, hind leg). 

 Larvae naked, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. Pupa 

 inclosed in a cocoon formed of atoms of wood united with gluten, the 

 abdominal segments with double rows of spines on each inclining 

 backward. 



MscvLi Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 793. 1. — Vyrina Linn. Faun. Suec. 

 Yellowish white ; antennae and 6 large spots on the thorax 

 black ; abdomen banded with black, the apex dark green : 

 superior wings with a large number of round, and long dark 

 greenish blue spots between the ochreous nervures : the spots 

 on the inferior wings smaller and lighter. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The admirable manner in which every animal is adapted to 

 the station it occupies in the universe, is one of the most 

 astonishing facts that presents itself to the observation of man, 

 and he has been indebted probably in no small degree to 

 their skill for the direction of his mechanical powers in the 

 common ajfFairs of life. There is no class of animals that has 



