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Sp. Euprepia caja, Phal. (Bombyx) caja L., R(ESEL, Ins. I., Pap. noct 

 CL n. Tab. i. ; SEPP, Nederl. Ins. i. 40 Sink, Tab. n ; wings outspreac 

 2i" 3" broad; fore- wings brown marbled with white, hind- wings vermilion 

 red with blue-black round spots. Here belong many other species name( 

 by LINNAEUS Bombyces nobiles. Syst. nat. ed. xn. i. p. 819. 



Psyche SCHRANK, LATR., OCHSENH. Tongue obsolete. Antenna 

 in males pectinate. Ocelli two in many. Wings rarely scaly, sub- 

 pellucid, in females none. Caterpillars inclosed in a tube or sac o 

 conglutinated fragments of leaves and stalks. 



Sub-genus : Oiketicus GUILDING. 



See Linn. Trans, xv. 1827, pp. 371 377. The apterous female doe 

 not leave the follicle, and is there impregnated by the male. 



Limacodes LATR., Heterogenea KNOCK, TREITSCHKE. Palpi 

 very short. Tongue obsolete. Antennae setaceous. Ocelli none 

 Wings opaque; females winged as well as males. Caterpillar! 

 broad, resembling slugs, creeping, with six horny feet very short 

 membranous feet none, tubercles of the skin supplying their place. 



Sp. Limacodes Testudo, Hepialus Testudo FABR., SEPP, Nederl. Ins. n. 4 

 Stuk, Tab. iv. on oaks ; Heterogenea asellana TREITSCHKE, Hepialus asellu 

 FABR., KNOCH, Beitrage zur Insectengesch. in. 1783, Tab. in. 



Sericaria LATR. (Liparis, Pygcera, Endromis OCHSENH., Orgy it 

 OCHSENH., LATR.). Tongue short or obsolete. Antennae in malei 

 or in both sexes pectinate. Ocelli none. Wings opaque, deflected 

 posterior guarded by a retinaculum. Larvae with sixteen feet. 



Sp. Sericaria dispar, Phal. (Bombyx) dispar L., ECESEL, Ins. I., Pap. nod 

 CL n. Tab. in. ; EATZEBURG, Forst-Ins. n. Tab. v. fig. i . This species i 

 very common, and sometimes very injurious to trees. The brown catei 

 pillar with long bundles of hair has on each side of the body a row o 

 eleven round spots, of which the first five are bluish-white, the followinj 

 red. The female moths are a dirty white, with black bands on the uppe 

 wings, and very sluggish ; the male, much smaller, has brown wings 

 In some species the females have merely short rudimentary wings (Orgyi* 

 OCHSENH.), Sericaria antiqua, Phal. (Bomb.) antiqua L., RCESEL, Ins. ] 

 Pap. nocturn. CL n. Tab. xxxix. Tom. in. Tab. xm. &c. 



Notodonta OCHSENH., LATR. 



Sp. Notodonta ziczac, Phal. (Bomb.) ziczac L., RCESEL, Ins. i., Pap. nocturn 

 CL II. Tab. xx. ; SEPP, Nederl. Ins. i. 40 Stuk, Tab. xn. &c. 



Cerura SCHRANK, LATR., Harpyia OCHSENH. Tongue verj 

 short or obsolete. Antennae in males or in both sexes bipectinate 



