LARENTID.-E — MELANIPPE. 89 



it near Llandaff, aud noue for Scotland or Ireland. Abroad 

 it inhabits Central Europe, the temperate portions of Northern 

 Europe, kSpain, the Northern half of Italy, Southern and 

 Eastern Russia, Eastern Siberia, and the mountainous regions 

 of Central Asia. 



Family i. LARENTID^. 



Antennaj slender, pectinated or simple ; palpi small ; head 

 not greatly smoothed ; thorax usually rather crested or tufted 

 at the back, moderately slender but not weak ; abdomen 

 rather slender ; fore wings tolerably strong and broad ; hind 

 wings having v. 5 fully developed and arising at or below 

 the middle of the cross-bar, but v. 8 joined to v. 7 so far as, 

 or beyond, the middle of the cell. 



Lakv^ usually not very slender, often moderately thick ; 

 not conspicuously humped. Feeding mainly upon herbaceous 

 plants, or on shrubs. 



Pt'P^ of ordinary form, usually in the earth. 



Genus 1. MELANIPPE. 



Antennas of the male simple, threadlike ; palpi small ; 

 head somewhat rough ; thorax not crested yet rather rough ; 

 abdomen smooth, moderately slender; fore wings broad, 

 angulated at the apex ; hind margin rather expanded ; mark- 

 ings disposed in broad, sometimes broken, bands ; hind wings 

 rather elongated ; v. 5 curved towards v. 4 ; markings 

 usually marginal ; hind margins of all the wings faintly 

 crenulated. 



Lakv^ cylindrical, but rather short and thick ; feeding on 

 trees or herbaceous plants. 



Prr^E in cocoons in the earth. 



A table of the species may be of service. 



