4 LEHDOPTEi'.A. 



1. SPHINGINA, -5to/«^o??. 

 Crepuscularia, Stepliens. 



J )ileiin(T fiisifomies, i. e. in medio crassiores, uirimiue attenuatie, sidipris- 



inatico'f. 



The aittonifC Jusifonu, i. e. ihiclcer in the middle, altenualed at each 

 end, stdjprl-iinatic. 



3. BOMBYCINA, titainton. 



Poineridiana, jN'octurna pavtiui (Tjilliosiidpc), et Semidiurna partim 

 (I'latyptericidix'), Stephens. 



Antenna setacerc, plerniiique pecthiatie, vix thorace lon(jiores. Ocelli 



nulli. 

 Corpus crassnni, hreviuscnhnn, postiee ohtasmu. 

 Pedes postici mediis vix lonfjiores. 



Alee amplce, anteriores sine pictura t^pica, posteriorcs Icde coloratce. 

 Larva non mimis 14 pedibus instruct a. 



Antenna setaceous, viostly pectinated {Lithosia and Plati/pderyx have 

 simple sctiform auteniirc), hardly longer than the thorax. Ocelli none, 

 excepting in the Chelonida. Body tliick, rattier short, and posteriorly 

 obtuse. Posterior leys hardly lonyer than the middle pair. Wings broad, 

 the anterior without any typical markings {e.g. the markings ol" the Sa- 

 tnrnidcB are quite different from those of the Chelonidfc, Liparidcc, etc. ; 

 thus not as in the Noctuina). Posterior wings bright-coloured, frequently 

 more vivid than the anterior wings (thus not so nuich contrasted as in 

 the Noctuina) ; the larvce with not fewer than fourteen feet. 



3. NOCTUINA, Stainton. 



Noctua:^ Boisduval. 

 Noctuida), Herrich-SchaJ/'er. 

 Nocturna (excl. Lithosiida^), Stephens. 



Antenna selacea, raro pectinata', thorace longiores. Ocelli plerisiine. 



Corpus mediocre, postice attenuatum . 



Pedes postici mediis longiores. 



Ala mediocres, anteriores longiuscula, sig)iis conslanlibus picta, posteriores 



latiitscnla obsolete colorata. 

 Larva non mi/i/is 12 jiedibus instructa. 



Antenna setaceous, rarely pectinated, most frccpicntly ciliated, longer 

 than the thorax (except in Cocytia). Ocelli in most. Body moderate, 

 posteriorly ntlennnted ; posterior legs longer than the middle pair. 11 ings 

 Moderate; anterior rather long, adorned with characteristic mar lyings 



