192 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



8. G. rotatoria, Linn.* Ernst, V. PI. CLXXII. f. 223. 



a— h. 



9. — Lobulina, Fab.... Hubn. Bomb.Tab.41.f.l80.(mas.) 



181. (foem.) 



Fam. C. Antcnnce bipectinate, in the male, very strongly, 

 more slightly in the female : haustellum very small : wings 

 entire, deflexed ; the anterior with one or two transverse 

 bands, and generally a white spot near the middle of the 

 disc. Larva covered with short hairs, resembling pelt ; 

 when touched it rolls itself up: metamorphosis; the Jirst 

 species changes in a rigid cylindrical cocoon ; the last in 

 a soft, rather elongated web. 



10. G. Trifolii, Hiibn.f. Ernst, V. PI. CLXXVI. f. 226. 



a. b. e. 



11. — MerficagzWs, Borkh.fErnst, V. PI. CLXXVI. f. 226. 



c. d. f. g. i. 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent. IV. pi. 181. 

 Imago et larva. 



12. G. Qiiercusy 



• Odonesis, Curtis. — Odonestis, Germar. Staph. 



" I'alpi elongate, porrected, hairy, triarticulate, the basal joint not half as 

 lonsi as the second, the terminal rather larger than the basal, obtuse : 

 maxilla: obsolete. AntenncB slightly curved near the base, bipectinated, 

 especially in the males, to the apex : head small : thorax stout, loosely, 

 but thickly pilose ; abdomen the same, elongated, and tufted at the 

 apex in the males, somewhat acute and stout in the females : wings 

 reversed when at rest ; anterior rather acute at the tip, tiie posterior 

 margin rounded, entire ; posterior slightly denticulate : legs stout, 

 densely pilose, especially in the males, with spurs at the apex of the 

 tibiae. Larva robust, cylindric, with fascicles of hair down the sides, 

 3 distinct tuft on the neck, and another placed on a minute tubercle 

 on the penultimate joint : when alarmed it rolls itself in a ring : pupa 

 robust ; obtuse, placed in a fusiform, closely woven, luteous cocoon." 

 —Steph. Illitst. Brit. Ent. Haust. 11. p. 51. 

 •j- Lasiocampa, Schrank, Curtis, Stephens, Leach. 



" Antennce inserted towards the hind part of the head, nearly straight, se- 

 taceous, strongly bipectinated in the males, each branch being ciliated 

 and producing a rigid bristle near the apex, inclining upwards : ser- 

 rated in the females : maxillcs and mandibles none. 



"Palpi 2, small, short, hairy; 3-jointed, 1st and 2nd joints robust; the 

 former the longest; ^rd minute, ovate, ilfate smaller than the fe- 

 males. 



" Ilend short. Ej/es smaW. Tliorax \avge, not crested. Abdomen of the 

 males attenuated and divided at the apex ; robust and subovate in the 

 females. Wings entire, deflexed when at rest. Tarsi 5-jointed. Claws 

 and ptilvilU distinct. 



" Caierpillars 



