234 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



GENUS DRYMONIA. 



Drymonia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett, p. 144 (1822 ?); Curtis, 

 Brit. Ent xvi. pi. 755 (1839); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. 

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



Chaonia, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 29 (1828). 



The Moths belonging to this genus have stout pubescent 

 bodies not extending far behind the hind-wings ; antennae pec- 

 tinated to the tips in the male ; wings long and rather narrow, 

 with the hind margin rounded, and with no distinct tooth on 

 the inner margin ; the thorax slightly crested, and the hind 

 tibiae with four spurs. The larva is naked, with anal claspers, 

 but without humps on the back. Several species of this genus 

 are found in Europe and Japan ; and one is recorded from 

 Chili. We have two species in Britain, but neither of them 

 is very abundant. 



THE LUNAR MARBLED BROWN. DRYMONIA RUFICORNIS. 



Bombyx ruficornis, Hufnagel, Berl. Mag. ii. p. 424, no. 43 



Phalczna confusa, Hufnagel, Berl. Mag. iii. p. 414, no. 94 



(1767)- 



Noctua roboriS) Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 283 (1777). 



Bombyx roboris^ Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 243, Taf. 46, figs. 4-7 



(1785). 

 Bombyx chaonia, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett, iii. figs. 10, ii 



(1800?); Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 218, pi. 20, fig. 



6 (1822). 

 Notodonta chaonia, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii, p. 82 



(1810). 

 Chaonia roboris, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 30 



(1828). 



