LEPIDOPTERA OP NEW YORK AND NEIGHBORING STATES 



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SUPERFAMILY SATURNIOIDEA 



Large or very large moths. Body stout, relatively large as a rule, 

 with hairy vestiture; head relatively small, more or less retracted, 



FIGS. 413-418. SATURNIOIDEA 



413, Callosamia promethea, venation of female; 414, Tropaea luna, venation of 

 costal portion of fore wing-; 415, Antomeris io, venation of male; 416, Hemileuca 

 lucina,, venation of male; 417, Telea polyphemus, seta map of larva, indicating only 

 the setae arising from warts, not the secondary setae; 418, Hemileuca maia, seta map, 

 omitting secondary setae 



often tapering ventrally; ocelli absent, mouth parts reduced, non-func- 

 tional for feeding, sometimes almost completely absent. Labial palpi 

 small to minute in the North American species. Antennae bipectinate in 

 the male in all the North American species, and most often in the female 

 also ; sometimes extremely broad ; normally doubly bipectinate, especially 



