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SUBGENUS VANESSA. 



The two anterior feet considerably shorter ; no ambulatory 

 ones. Antennae terminated abruptly by a short button ; ca- 

 terpillars covered with spines/ 



SUBGENUS POLYOMMATUS. 



Two anterior feet as in the preceding, no ambulatory ones. 

 Small eye-like spots upon the wings. 



FAMILY II. CREPUSCULARIA. 



Wings, during repose, horizontal or inclined ; the inferior 

 one retained to the superior by a stiff hair ; antennae in the 

 form of an elongated club, prismatic or fusiform ; sometimes 

 they are pectiniform ; caterpillars always provided with six- 

 teen feet 



GENUS SPHINX. 



Antennae prismatic and terminating in hairs ; wings long 

 and horizontal; abdomen pointed. The Death's-headed 

 Sphinx has occasioned much terror in certain countries by 

 the kind of cry which it utters, and the insignia of death 



upon its corselet. 



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FAMILY III. NOCTURNA. 



Wings, during repose, hori zontal or inclined ; the superior 

 nearly always bridled to the inferior ; antennas decreasing in 

 thickness from the base to the summit, or setaceous. 



TRIBE OF THE BOMBYCES. Silk- Worms. 



Proboscis always short and rudimental ; wings extended, 

 horizontal, or inclined so as to form a triangle with the body. 



TRIBE OF THE TINE^E. Moths. 



Wings rolled cylindrically ; the larvae live in a sheath or 

 case. 



