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Prominents or Notodontites. Larva generally naked ; 

 sometimes slightly downy ; attenuated towards the tail ; 

 with eight prehensile feet ; the two posterior ones being 

 mostly wanting, and the segment usually 

 bearing them elevated in the air. Pupa 

 smooth, obese, compact ; mostly changes 

 in a cocoon or web, but occasionally on 

 or in the ground. Imago with the anten- ^^ 



n(B of the males more or less pectinated; -.^^ 



in 1 /!• T i '^1 n Prominenl Motli. 



wmgs denexed ; night, with lew excep- 

 tions, in the evening. Endromis, Cerura, Stauropus, Pla- 

 typferyx, Cilix, Notodonta, Pygara, Clostera. 



Wood-eaters or Xyleutites. Larva depressed, rather 

 attenuated towards either extremity ; naked, except a few 

 scattered hairs ; protliorax flat and corneous ; ten prehen- 

 sile feet ; feeds on the bark, solid wood, pith, or roots of 

 vegetables. Pupa furnished with a double row of short 

 spines on each segment ; it changes in a tough cocoon 

 amongst its food, after remaining through the winter in the 

 larva state. Imago with the antenna of the males more 

 or less pectinated : flight nocturnal. Hepialus, Xyleutes, 

 Zeuzera. 



Clear-wings or j^geriites. Ijirva and pupa, in habit 

 and economy, precisely as in the preceding. Imago with 

 anteiDfce incrassated externally, and the 

 tip furnished with a slightly recurved 

 hook, consisting of a few bristles ; in the 

 males ciliated ; wings narrow, mostly 

 transparent ; body elongate, slender, and 

 tufted at the extremity; flight diurnal, in caterpillar and chrysalis 

 the hottest sunshine, and eminently grace- °^^^'^ currant ciear-wiag. 

 ful. ^geria, represented at page 208. 



Burnet-moths or Glaucopites. Larva, obese, hairy, with 

 ten prehensile legs. Pupa smooth, very glossy ; changes in 



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