144 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



E?idoxyla, Herrich-Schaffer, op. cit. p. 7 (1855). 

 HifincBya, Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, iii., p. 153 (1883). 



This genus includes a considerable number of very large 

 and bulky moths, with long wings, and long stout hairy 

 abdomens. They inhabit most of the warmer countries of the 

 world, but are perhaps most numerous in Australia. They are 

 of large size, often measuring six inches or more across the 

 wings, and of dull colours — brown, reddish-brown, and grey or 

 whitish, being the prevailing hues. The typical species is 

 A"", strix (Linnaeus), which inhabits Java and Amboina. 



GENUS PHRAGMAT/ECIA. 



Afacrogasfer, Duponchel, Cat. Lepid. Eur., p. 81 (1844), 



noni. prceocc. 

 Phraginatoicia^ Newman, Zoologist, viii., p. 2931 (1850); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. vii., p. 1542 (1856); 



H .mpson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, i , p. 312 (1892). 



This is a small genus, distinguished by its long, narrow, 

 rounded, and uniformly-coloured wings, and its long slender 

 abdomen. The antennae are pectinated to the middle in the 

 male, and are ciliated in the female. The larva lives in 

 the interior of reeds. 



THE REED MOTH. PHRAGMAT.'ECIA CASTANET. 



Bombyx castanea, Hiibner, Beitr. Schmett., ii. (i), p. 9, Taf. i, 

 fig. C (1790) ; Esper, Schmett., iii., Forts., p. 97, Taf 94, 

 figs. I, 2 (1807). 



Bombyx ariuidinis^ Hiibner, Eur. Schmett., iii., figs. 200, 201 



(1803). 



