7. 

 DENDROLIMUS PINI. 



The Pine Lappet Moth. 



Order Lepidoptera, Fam. Bombycidte. 



Type of the Genus, Bombyx Pini Linn. 

 Dendrolimus Germ. — Eutricha Hub. — Odenesis and Odonestis Curt. — 

 Gastropacha Och.- — Lasiocampa Schr. — Bombyx Linn., Haw., &c. 

 Antennce inserted towards the hind part of the head, close above the 

 eyes, rather short and setaceous, composed of numerous joints, beau- 

 tifully bipectinated in the male, each branch ciliated (1), the rays very 

 short in the female (2). 

 Maxilla; short, slender and spiral. 



Labial Palpi forming a short acute beak in the male, obtuse in the 

 female, much more densely clothed vi^ith scales in the male than female, 

 basal joint nearly as long as the 2nd which is subovate, 3rd as long as 

 the first and cylindric. 

 Male nearly as large as the female. Head clothed with a dense bunch of 

 scales projecting over the forehead and meeting the palpi (7). Eyes rather 

 small and orbicular, nearly of the same size in the sexes. Thorax suborbi- 

 cuhir and not crested. Abdomen somewhat linear obtuse and lifted at the 

 apex, which is slightly curved upward in the male, more robust and conical 

 in the female. Wings deflexed when at rest, the inferior said to project 

 beyond the anterior margin of the superior which are entire; somewhat 

 obtuse in the male, more lanceolated in the female. Cilia thick and slightly 

 indented. Legs densely clothed with scales, anterior shorter in the male 

 than female. Tibiae ; anterior very short and densely clothed with longish 

 hair in the male, with a broad and long internal horny lobe inserted near 

 the base, small in the female ; the other tibice densely clothed also and 

 spurred. Tarsi shorter in the male than female, 5-jointed, basal joint of 

 the anterior pair densely fringed with scales in the male. Claws strong 

 curved and hooked. Pulvilli distinct. 

 Larvce with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet : flat and smooth be- 

 neath, rounded above, somewhat hairy, with a slight tuberculated wart 

 upon the penultimate joint, and bundles of hairs disposed along the sides. 

 — Och. 

 Pupa with its segments simple, inclosed in an oblong soft cocoon. 



Pini Linn. Faun. Suec. 292. \104.— Hub. tab. 42. f 184 & \85.—Rdesel, 

 V. 1. tab. 59. — Curtis' s Guide, Gen. 810*. 



Male reddish ochre, more or less gray : superior wings chestnut at 

 the base and extending to the disc ; before the middle is a sinuated 

 striga with a lunular white spot upon it, and beyond the middle an 

 oblique ochraceous fascia, the inner margin crenatea with a brown 

 line, the outer one very much sinuated and marked with strong brown 

 spots : inferior wings pale castaneous. Female paler. 



In the Cabinets of the British Museum, Mr. Vigors, and the Author, 



