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colour, ferruginous at the base. Hind-wings reddish 

 cinereous, cinereous-brown along the exterior border." 

 ( Walker.) 



Some of the Moths referred to the Notodontidcz are very 

 large insects, four inches and upwards in expanse, with long 

 pointed wings, generally of a brown or wood-colour, and with 

 long narrow pointed bodies, like Sphingidcz. Others are 

 smaller, and have much resemblance to Noctiuz ; and there 

 are many genera which some authors have regarded as Noto- 

 dontidce, and others as Noctua. At one time Dr. Butler pro- 

 posed a very large extension of the Notodontidcz, including in 

 the group whole families of Noctuce, such as the Calpida and 

 CuculliidcB, &c. ; but he has recently adopted other views, and 

 has decided to include most of these in the Noctuce, again. 



Our next volume will begin with the true Sphingida, and will 

 also complete our survey of all the Families of Bombyces not in- 

 cluded in the present volume. 



