so LEPIDOPTERA. 



country. A fine male was actually captured in Norwich in 

 1809, but was, most likely, accidently introduced. A larva, 

 supposed to be of this species, found upon hawthorn at 

 Richmond at a still earlier date, was doubtless one of the 

 marbled varieties of that of Gastropacha quercifolia. It was 

 not reared. The species under consideration feeds upon pine, 

 and is sometimes so abundant in pine forests on the Conti- 

 nent as to be a destructive pest. There is no reason to 

 suppose it to be a British insect.) 



Family 11. ENDROMIDiE. 



Genus 1. ENDROMIS. 



Antenna pectinated in the male, slightly so in the female ; 

 palpi hardly perceptible ; tongue atrophied ; thorax and 

 abdomen stout, thickly clothed with very long silky scales ; 

 fore wings broad, oblong, variegated, thinly scaled. 



Larvae without hairs, sphingiform. 



PuPjE smooth and rounded ; in a soft slight cocoon. 



1. E, versicolora, L. — Expanse of male 2^ inches; 

 of female 2| to 3 inches. Eich bright brown, with black 

 transverse lines, and red-brown and white blotches ; female 

 larger and paler. 



Antennge of the male rather short and stout, very strongly 

 pectinated, the long teeth lying obliquely forward ; shining 

 black. Head densely covered with scales, red-brown, with 

 the palpi paler, and very inconspicuous ; collar broadly white 

 with a reddish tinge ; thorax thickly covered with long, 

 loosely erected scales of a rich red-brown ; shoulder flaps 

 edged with whitish-brown ; abdomen moderately stout, 

 thickly covered with long loose red-brown hair-scales, which 

 are very silky and lie in no special direction ; anal tuft 

 similar, broad and fluffy. Fore wings ample, elongated, 



