272 Lloyd's natural history. 



GENUS LOPHOPTERYX. 



LopJiopteryx, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 26 (1828); 

 Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. v. p. 1007 (1855). 

 In this genus the wings are more or less dentated, as in 

 Odontosia, with which it is often united, but the thorax has a 

 double crest in the middle above. 



THE COXCOMB PROMINENT. LOPHOPTERYX CAPUCINA. 



Bomhyx capucina, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 507, no. 55 



(1758); id. Faun. Suec. p. 304 (1761). 

 Bombyx camelina, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 507, no. 56 



(1758) ; id. Faun. Suec. p. 305 (1761) ; Esper, Schmett. iii. 



p. 360, Taf. 70 (1786); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. fig. 19 



(1800); Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 192, pi. 18, figs. 4, 



5(1822). 

 Notodonta caf?ielina, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. lu. p. 58 



(1810). 

 Lophopteryx camelina, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 26 

 (1828) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 139, pi. 31, 

 figs. 3, a, b (1880); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 

 162, pi. 35, fig. 3 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. 

 p. 139, pi. 110, figs. I, <2-^(i895). 



The Coxcomb Prominent. 



The Coxcomb Prominent has a range extending through 



Europe into Northern Asia. It expands from i}4 to i^ inch. 



The fore-wings, which are deeply dentated on the hind 



