GROUPS AND FAMILIES 63 



naked, with a horny plate on the second segment, feed- 

 ing on the roots of plants. 



This family includes the Ghost Moth and the Swifts. 

 We have 5 British species. 



2. ZENZEKID^;. Imago with the antennae as long as, 

 or longer than, the thorax ; wings rather distant at the 

 base ; ovipositor of the female exserted. Larva naked, 

 with a horny plate on the second segment, feeding in the 

 woods of trees, or stems of reeds. 



This includes the Wood Leopard and Goat Moths. 

 W^e have 3 British species. 



3. NOTONDOTIDJE. Imago with the antennae longer 

 than the thorax, pectinated in the male ; abdomen thick, 

 not gaily coloured ; the thorax sometimes with bright 

 markings (as in the Buff Tip) ; the anterior wings 

 frequently with a projecting tuft of scales on the inner 

 margin (whence the name of prominent moths applied 

 to several of the species). Larva generally naked, 

 frequently with projections on the back of the twelfth 

 segment ; many have the peculiarity of holding the 

 hinder segments of the body erect when in repose; 

 however, they vary much in form. 



This includes the Puss and Kitten Moths, the Lobster, 

 the various Prominents, the Chocolate Tips and Buff- 

 tip. We have 27 British species. 



4. LIPARID^E. Imago with the antennae longer than 

 the thorax, pectinated in the male ; abdomen often very 

 thick in the female, sometimes with a woolly anal tuft ; 

 anterior wings with no projecting tuft of scales on the 

 inner margin. Larva hairy, generally with tufts of hair. 

 Pupa hairy, generally with tufts of hair along the back, 

 enclosed in a cocoon of slight texture. 



This includes the Black Arches, Gipsy, Tussocks, 



