40 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Pupa smooth, metamorphosis subterranean. 



Species. Icon. 



1. Ach. Atropos, Linn. . Ernst, III. PI. CV. f. 154.. a— f. 



PL CVI. f. 154. g— k. PI. 

 CXXII.f.l54.n. (Thorax of 

 a female, without the mark of 

 the Death' s- Head. ) — C urtis, 

 Brit. Ent. IV. PI. CXLVII. 

 (Imago et Larva, figuraepul- 

 cherrimse.) 



Genus 28. SMERINTHUS, Latr., Steph. 

 Laothoe, Fab. Spectrum, Scop. 



Amorpha, Hiibn. 

 Tfings, anterior more or less dentated, or angulated. 

 Aiiteimce incrassated towards the middle, sub-prismatic, ser- 

 rated or pectinated; apex generally incurved, and pointed. 

 Palpi contiguous, very thickly covered with scales, third joint 



scarcely distinct. 

 Head small ; maxillce very short, or obsolete. 

 Larva very much granulated, head conical, last segment with 



a conical, recurved horn. (Steph.) 

 Pupa slightly rugose, acute, pointed at the apex ; metamor- 

 phosis subterranean. (Steph.) 



Species, Icon. 



1. Sm. TilicE, Linn Erilst,III.Pl.CX^'I.f. 163.a— e. 



2. — Ocellata,lATm.... Ernst,IIL Pl.CXIX.f.l64. a— g. 

 — Ocellatus, Steph... 



3. — Populi, Linn Ernst, IIL PI. CXIV. f. 162. a— f. 



4. _ Quercus, Fab Ernst, III. PI. CXX. f 165. a— f. 



NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 29. SATURNIA, SchranJc, Steph. 



BoMBYX., Fab., Latr. Her^e^, Hiibn. 



Phal. Attacus, Linn. Esp. 



Wings rounded, entire, broad, exterior margin incurved, ho- 

 rizontally expanded when at rest ; posterior ones simple : 

 cilia very short. 



AnienncE subcylindric, very short, in the male bi-pectinate, 

 (the pectinations divergent and diminishing in length to 

 the apex of the antennae, each joint of which bears two 

 ramifications, internally and externally ; female with each 

 joint bidentate. (Steph.) 



Palpi and maxillce obsolete, their place occupied by a dense 

 tuft of hair. (Steph.) 



Head small, scarcely visible from above. (Steph.) 



T7torax 



