81. 

 LOBOPHORA POLYCOMATA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Phalsenidae Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Phalsena hexapterata Fab. 

 LoBOPHORA Steph. MSS. Phalaena Fab., Haw., Hub., Leach. 



Antennoe rather short, setaceous, composed of numerous trans- 

 verse joints covered with hair and scales (f. 1, a few joints mag- 

 nified). 



MaxillcE not very long (3). 



Labial palpi short, distant, incurved (7), thickly covered with 

 scales (4), 3-jointed ; 1st joint cylindric-quadrate, 2nd long at- 

 tenuated, 3rd short, somewhat truncated obliquely (4 a. the 

 joints denuded). 

 Head small. Abdomen slender. Wings entire, extended horizontally 

 when at rest, superior long, somewhat lanceolate, inferior small in 

 the males, with a lobe attached at the base of the abdominal margin. 

 Legs rather slender. Tibiae, anterior not longer than the basal joint 

 of the tarsus (8) : 4 posterior having 2 spurs only at their apex in 

 the 2nd division (8 a and 8 b). Tarsi 5-jointed. Claws and pul- 

 villi distinct. 

 Larvge loopers, with 6 pectoral 2 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 

 Obs. The dissections are alt taken from L. poiycomata. 



PoLYcoMATA HUb. Schmct. Geom. 11. JEquivocce B. pi. 38. f 190. 

 Very pale, variegated with irregular waves of brown. Superior 

 wings with an angulated transverse line near the base, and a 

 broad bar near the centre, angulated towards the costa, ferrugi- 

 nous, the latter with a large pale spot next the costa and a small 

 one upon the interior margin, the nerves intersecting the bar 

 black J posterior limb with an interrupted fuscous wave, the 

 margins very pale ; costa, cilia, and posterior margin fuscous, 

 the latter with the nerves, and a row of dots along the extremity 

 black. Inferior wings very pale, dull ochraceous, with 2 indented 

 transverse lines near the middle, margin with a row of black 

 dots. -Benm^/i cinereous-ochraceous, with a brown line extend- 

 ing across the wings near the centre, and an oval spot of the 

 same colour near the base next the costa. 



In the Cabinet of Mr. Stone. 



