200 ZYGiENIDA AND BOMBYCIDA 



B0MBYCID5:. 

 COCHLIDIIN^. 

 Genus LIMACODES. Latrellle. 



Head moderate, sunk in thorax, not prominent from above, being 

 somewhat concealed by the thorax, thus differing from Liihacodes which 

 has the head prominent. Thorax hairy, with its component parts badly 

 defined ; in Lithacodes the thorax is smooth and patagia distinct. An- 

 tennae long, slender, minutely serrate, basal joint smaller than in Litha- 

 codes. Palpi stouter than in Lithacodes, porrect, extending beyond front. 



Body moderately stout, stouter than in Lithacodes, extending to or 

 beyond the hind wings. 



Anterior wings moderately long. Costa straight, apex distinct, prom- 

 inent ; outer margin slightly convex ; inner angle rounded. Inner 

 margin very full and square at base, making it nearly parallel with 

 costa. The wings are more triangular than in Lithacodes, owing to the 

 more unequal length of the sides. Secondaries equal in width to pri- 

 maries, outer margin rounded, tolerably full, apex subacute, less 

 rounded than in Lithacodes. Upper branch of 3rd subcostal in prima- 

 ries short, making the apical space much shorter than in Lithacodes. 



Larva onisciform. 



l.-LIMACODES SCAPHA. (K- 8, fig. 15, $, .) 



Limacodes scapha, Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass. (1833.) 

 Limacodes scapha, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg. , p. 303. (1841.) 

 Limacodes imdif era, Walker, Cat. Lep. B. M. V., p. 1149. (1855.) 

 Limacodes scapha, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg. 3rd. ed. p. 420. (1862.) 

 Limacodes scapha, ^■x\sh, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IX., p. 298. 



(1864.) 

 Limacodes scapha, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Ill, p. 34 1 . ( 1 864. ) 

 Limacodes scapha, Harris, Ent. Corr. p. 300, pi. 3, fig. 8 larva. 



(1869.) 

 Limacodes scapha, Packard, Guide. Stu. Ins., p. 290., fig. 2 1 9. ( 1 869.) 



5 . ? . — "Light cinnamon brown. Palpi, prothorax, femora and 

 tibiae and secondaries a little darker. On the primaries the costo- 



