298 INSKCTA. 



other. These habitations resemble those of the larvae of certain 

 Phryijanecs. Very remarkable ones are found in the East Indies and 

 Seneg'al. 



These Lepidoptera, vinitcd by Hiibner with the Tineae, compose 

 the subgenus 



Psyche, .Sc/<?-. * 

 The last Pseudo-Bombyces, which, by the disposition of their co- 

 lours seem to represent the Diurna called damiers, are furnished 

 with a very distinct proboscis which, when unrolled, extends far 

 beyond the head, as in 



Chelonia, Godart. — Arctia, Schr. — Etprepia, Ochs., 

 Where the wings are tectiforui, the antennae of the males pectinated, 

 the inferior palpi densely pilose, and the proboscis is short. 



C. chry'iorrhcEa; Bombyx chrysorrhcea. Fab.; Roes., Insect. I, 

 Class 11, Pap. Noct., xxii. Wings white and immaculate; pos- 

 terior extremity of the abdomen fulvous -brown. 



In certain years the caterpillar of this species strips whole 

 woods of their leaves. 



E. caja; Bombyx caja. Fab.; Ross., Ibid., i. Head and thorax 

 brown ; superior wings of the same colour, with irregular white 

 streaks; inferior wings and back of the abdomen red, with 

 bluish-black spots. 



The caterpillar which lives on the Nettle, Lettuce, Elm, &c., 

 has received the name of hedge-hog, or bear, on account of its 

 long and numerous hairs. It is blackish-brown with rings of 

 blue tubercles f . 



Callimorpha, Lat. — Eyprepia, Ochs., 

 Where the wings are also tectiform, but the antennae, at most, cili- 

 ated in the males ; the inferior palpi are merely covered with small 

 scales, and the ^iroboscis is long. 



C. Jacobea: : Bombyx Jacobece, Fab., Roes., Insect., Class II, 

 Noct. Pap., xlix. A very common species in France. Black ; 

 superior wings with a line and two points of carmine ; the infe- 

 rior ones, carmine margined with black. 



The caterpillar is yellow, with black antennee ; it lives on the 

 Groundsel \. 



LiTHOSIA, Fab., 



Where the wings are laid horizontally on the body§. 



The fourth section of the Nocturna, that of the Aposura ||, is re- 

 moved, as we have observed in the general divisions of this family, 

 by a uniqvie character, viz. the absence of the ^nal feet of the animal 



* See Ochs., Godart, &c. 



t For the other species, see Lat., Gener. Crust, et Insect., IV, p. 220; Ochsen- 

 hiejner and Godart, Hist. Nat. des Ldpid. de France. 



+ See the same works. 



§ Idem. 



II Anns -without feet, a character peculiar to the caterpillars of this tribe, which 

 forms a lateral branch leading to the Pbalaeuites. 



