<ii\i*'ri:ic wii. 



OUDKU XI. Li:i'llH)rTi:UA (rontinucd). 



I{(iMI!\{'inKS. 



THAL-KN-K ( LiXKiKi 8). MOTHS. 



TiiK antenna <>f moths, as lins nlrt-aily Uon i)l>s«'rvp<l, tap«TS fmm the l»ase to the apex : it 

 may Ik* simple, or pliitixvl like a fi atlur ; hut the orean (lifTtTS niurh arronliug tu fvx, 

 tlic |M'ctiiiatfil uiitt-nna In^inK more stmncly iiinrkcil in thi* males, nhu are ali^i providtd 

 with a sucking tuU- which takes the place of a tongue, and i» rulltd up very compactly, 

 being sometimes very long, in other cases very «hort. The jwlpi grow from the upi>er lip, 

 cur^"o upwanls, and cover the face, the toneue Uing roiled up Ixtwcen them. 



The larvie of the nioth.4 differ much among themselves. The numlicr of legs Is usuallj 

 sixteen, hut Some have only ten, and .st>me are oliscure and incomjdete. Tliey iliffer tof» as 

 to their clothing, some U-ing very hairy, others nearly or <juite destitute of hairs; st>me 

 are smooth, others warty or spinous : some go into the earth to tiansform, others remain 

 ahove ground. 



In treating this division of the LKriiKiprriiA, I shall follow very nearly the arrangement 

 of Dr. Harris. By I.innjeus, the moths or sjiinmrs were dividtd into eight grouj>s, viz : 

 1, Attaci ; 2, Bombyces ; 3, JS'octua ; 4, Geomtlrtc ; 5, Turtricu ; 6, Pyralidtt ; 7, Tint^e ; 

 8, .llucittr. 



Lilhosiidae. 



The moths of this family have slender bodies, are never very large, and their wings when 

 at r»*st lie flat upon their bodies. The antennp- are hristleform and nither long, and hut 

 sliehtly feathered in some of the genera ; in others, in the males, then- is a double row of 

 short hairs on the under side. The tongue is tlistinrt. hut only mo<lerateIy long. The hack 

 is Dot Woolly, and the thorax is not crested. The wings are often beautifully 6]>otled or 



