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CLISIOCAMPA CASTRENSIS. 



The Ground Lackey. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Bombycidae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Bombyx Neustria Linn. 



Clisiocampa Nob. — Gastropacha Och. — Lasiocampa Germ. — Bom- 

 byx Linn., Fab., Hub., Haw. 



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

 short, setaceous, bipectinated, the pectinations ciliated, long in 

 the male and gradually decreasing in length to the apex (1), 

 short in the female (2). 

 Maxillce and Mandibles none. 



Labial palpi short, and very indistinct, being concealed by scales, 



the basal joint producing a fascicle of hairs beneath (4) ; triar- 



ticulate, 1st joint rather robust, 2nd larger, elongate-ovate, 3rd 



minute oval (4 a). 



Males smaller than the females. Head very small and scarcely visible 



from above. Eyes globose (7). Thorax very robust. Abdomen 



short and small in the male, long robust and conical in the female. 



Wings deflexed when at rest, short in the males. Tibiae, anterior 



producing a broad compressed and pubescent lobe on the inside. Tarsi 



5-jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws simple. Pulvilli distinct. 



Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet, cylindrical 



and hairy. 

 Pupae inclosed in a long silky cocoon. 



Castrensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. pars 2. 818. 36. Haw. Lep. Brit. 

 128. 86. 



Male pale straw colour, superior wings with 2 dull castaneous 

 strigae (sometimes forming a bar across the middle), the 1st 

 arising at the base and reaching to the costa, and a more ob- 

 scure waved line, beyond the 2nd. Rays of the antennae and 2 

 or 3 spots on the cilia dull castaneous. Abdomen tinged with 

 ferruginous : inferior wings dull castaneous, cilia and an obscure 

 line across the middle pale. 



Female, dull yellowish castaneous ; 2 straw-coloured waved 

 lines forming a bar across the superior wings, the cilia of which 

 are variegated with straw colour. 

 Obs. This is a very variable species. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Haworth, Mr. Parsons, and the Author. 



As the following insects vary from the other Bombycidae, I 

 have distinguished them as a genus by the name of Clisio- 

 campa, on account of the larvos hving in a tent or web. 

 When the caterpillars are young they Hve together in a 



