I2 o LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



bearing long white and yellow hairs, which become black 01 

 grey before the last moult. The head and fore-legs are red, 

 and there are two rows of yellow spots on each side. The 

 cocoon is formed entirely of the hairs of the larva, without a 

 trace of silk. The eggs of the Moth are smooth and green. 



GENUS PHILOROS. 

 Ctenucha^ Group 2, Philoros> Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. 



Mus. ii. p. 283 (1854). 

 PhiloroS) Grote, Bulletin Buffalo Soc. i. p. 34 (1873). 



The species of this genus are smaller and slenderer than in 

 typical Ctenucha ; the abdomen is longer, and the wings are 

 generally lined with white, and are narrower than in Ctenucha. 



PHILOROS OPACA. 

 (Plate LXXXII. Fig. I.) 



Cienucha opaca, Boisduval, Consid. Lepid. Guatemala, p. 84 

 (1870). 



This Moth, which expands about an inch and a half, has 

 brown fore-wings, with the fringes white at the tip. The hind- 

 wings are darker, with the fringes white at the tip and along 

 the upper part of the hind margin. The collar is orange- 

 yellow. The insect appears to be found throughout Mexico 

 and Central America generally. 



SUB-FAMILY III. PERICOPIN^E. 



The Pericopituz are another exclusively American Sub-family 

 which contains a considerable number of brightly coloured 

 Moths, measuring two or three inches across the wings, which 

 are very ample, being broad as well as long, and the hind-wings 

 are nearly as long as the fore-wings. The body is compara- 

 tively slender, and only moderately long. The antennae are 



