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GENUS STAUROPUS. 



Stauropus, Germar, Syst. Gloss, p. 45 (1812); Stephens, 111. 



Brit.Ent. Haust. ii. p. 21 (1828); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. 



Brit. Mus. v. p. 1019 (1855). 

 Terasion, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 147 (1822?). 



The wings are long, the fore-wings being much longer than 

 the hind-wings, with the costa much arched, but the tip not 

 very pointed ; the antennae are strongly pectinated in the male 

 for half their length ; the body is stout, tufted, and extends 

 considerably beyond the hind-wings ; the legs are hairy, and 

 the hind tibiae are armed with two long apical spurs. There 

 are several patches of raised scales on the fore-wings. 



This genus is numerously represented in India, China, and 

 Japan ; we have one species in Europe. 



THE LOBSTER MOTH. STAUROPUS FAGI. 



Noctua fagi y Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 508, no. 60 



Bombyx fagi, Linnaeus, Faun. Suec. p. 295 (1761); Knoch, 

 Beitr. Schmett. ii. p. 58, Taf. 3, fig. 5 (1782); Esper, 

 Schmett. iii. p. 105, pi. 20 (1784); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. 

 iii. fig. 31 (1800?); Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 173, pi. 15, 

 fig. i (1822). 



Harpyia fagi, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 39 (1810). 



Stauropus fagi) Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 21 (1828); 

 Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 137, pi. 30, figs. 8, 

 a-c (1880) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 63, pi. 33, 

 fig. i (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 99, pi. 103 



(1895). 



The Lobster Moth is found throughout Europe and Western 

 Asia. It has an expanse of about 2^ inches. It is varied 

 with brown and grey, The fore-wings are paler at the base and 



