326 Mr. Children's Abstract of the CJiaracters of 



which they have been established ; and as we are now en- 

 tering on the Phaljenid.e, (Phal;enites, Latr.) we shall 

 • also in this place insert the characters of that tribe, as given 

 in the beautiful and eminently useful work begun by the 

 late M. Godart, and, since his death, continued with in- 

 creasing ability and excellence by his successor M. Dupon- 



C^*^'* PHALiENIDiE. 



This tribe was originally composed of the true Phalasnae, or 

 Geometrae, and those species which M. Latreille has since 

 separated from them under Laspeyre's genus Platypteryx : 

 the following characters apply therefore solely to the 

 former. 



Wings entire, or without fissures, generally of a slighter tex- 

 ture, and larger in proportion to the body than those of the 

 BoMBYciDvE or NoctuiDjE, horizontally extended, or 

 scarcely deflexed, when at rest ; no orbicular or reniform 

 spots (the usual distinguishing markings of the Noctuidae) 

 on the upper wings ; the lower wings very little folded at 

 the internal margin when hid by the upper. — AntenncE se- 

 taceous, sometimes simple* in both sexes, sometimes pecti- 

 nated or ciliated, in the males. — Loiser j)alpi always cover- 

 ing the 7ipper, in form pretty constant, often very velvety, 

 and very little, or not at all porrected beyond the head. — 

 Maxillce more frequently membranous than horny, hi the 

 greater part of the species more or less projecting, but al- 

 most or altogether wanting in the rest. — Tliorax more fre- 

 quently velvety than squamous, never crested, nor tufted. — 

 Abdomen generally long and slender, except in certain fe- 

 males. — Larva naked or only furnished with a few short 

 hairs ; always loopers, whatever the number oifiet, which 

 varies from ten to fourteen, including the anal, which are 

 never wanting ; the six anterior, and four posterior feet onlj^, 

 used in walking. — Metamorphosis very various. — Duponch. 

 Lep. de France^ torn. vii. part. ii. p. 97. 



Fam. a. Species. Icon. 



l.Enn.27^xMZa;7a,Hiibn.. .Ernst, V. pi. ccx. f. 280. a. b. 



2. — Cordiaria, HUbn Hiibn. Geom. tab. 8. f. 38. (mas.) 



tab. 66. f. 342. (fcem.) 

 3. — Adspersaria, Hiibn.. ..Hiibn. Geom. tab.39. f.206.(mas.) 



Fam. B. 

 if.Enn. NotatariOi Hiibn.f .Hiibn. Geom. tab. 11. f. 53.(mas.) 



tab. 61. f. 316. (foem.) 



5. Enn. 



* As seen by the naked eye : "examined with a lens they never appear 

 simple or filiform. — Dup. 

 t Philobia, Duponch. — " Anlcnncc slightly pectinated in the males, and 



simple 



