Ochsenheimer's Genera of the Lepidoptera of Europe. 193 

 Species. Icon. 



12. G. Qiiercus, Linn.*... Ernst, V. PI. CLXXIV. f. 225. 



a — f. 



13. — llubi, Linn.* Ernst, V. PI. CLXXIIL f. 224. 



a — i. 



Fam. D. AnteniKS bipectinated, pectinations in the male very 

 broad : wings not densely covered with scales ; abdomen 

 pilose, with black and yellow bands. Larva slightly 

 hairy, with two rows of black spots on the back : do not 

 roll themselves up when disturbed : metamorphosis^ sub- 

 terranean, without any web. 



l*. G. Taraxiciy Fab.... Hubn.Bomb.Tab.37.f.l65.(mas.) 



166. (fcem.) 

 15. — Dumeti, Linn.f ... Ernst, V. PI. CLXXVIL f. 227. 



a— g. 



Fam. E. Antennce curved, finely pectinated in the male, 

 scarcely perceptibly so in the female : "itniigs deflexed, the 

 anterior generally with two transverse bands, and occa- 

 sionally a small, bright spot. Abdomen hairy ; generally 

 terminated, in the female by a dense tuft of soft hairs, 

 with which she covers her eggs. Haustellum none. 

 Larva elongated, slightly hairy, gregarious when young : 

 mctaviorphosis, above ground in an oval cocoon. 



Obs. Ochsenheimer, on Hlibner's authority, subdivides this 

 family into three sections, but gives no distinctive cha- 



" Caterpillars witli 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet ; cylindrical 



and hairy, curling themselves up when disturbed. 

 " PupcB inclosed in an obtuse, oblong cocoon of very close texture." — 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. IV. p. 181. 

 Curtis assigns the following characters as distinctive of the three genera 

 Gastropacha, Odonestis, and Lasiocampa ; including the two former in one 

 section, the last in another. 



A. Palpi long. Inferior wings when at rest projecting beyond the costa of 



the superior. LarvcB not cylindric, having fascicles of hair down 

 the sides, and a dorsal tubercle near the apex. Cocoons long,attenuated, 

 silky and soft. 



a. Antcnnts curved. Tongue short. Wings denticulated. 



Gastropacha. 



b. Antennce straight. Tongue none. Wings not denticulated. 



Odonestis. 



B. Palpi minute. Inferior wings not projecting when at rest. Larva: 



cylindric, clothed with hairs. Cocoon,? oblong, obtuse, dense and rigid 

 in texture, 



Lasiocampa. 

 • Lasiocampa, Curtis, &c. f Lasiocamta, Steph. 



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