LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



GENUS BOMBYCIA. 



Bombycia, Htibner, Tentamen, p. i (1810?). 

 Tethea^ pt. Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 64 (1816). 

 Palimpststis\ pt. Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 273 (1822 ?). 

 Cymatophora, pt. Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (i), p. 77 (1825) ; 



Guenee, Spec. Gen. Le'pid. Noct. i. p. 16 (1852), nom 



prtzocc. 

 Cer&pacha, pt. Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 51 



(1829). 



The remaining European species of the Thyatirida differ 

 considerably from each other, but some authors include 

 them in one genus, and others separate them into several. 

 The names quoted above are only a few of those which have 

 been applied to them. The Moths are green, brown, and grey, 

 with transverse lighter or darker, and sometimes slightly zig-zag, 

 lines ; and they differ essentially from the foregoing genera in 

 the abdomen not being crested. The larvae mostly live 

 between leaves, and often rest with their bodies more or less 

 curved. The section to which Bombyda or belongs may be 

 distinguished by the naked eyes, moderately stout body, 

 which is slightly longer than the hind-wings (though more 

 slender than in the hairy-eyed species of the group), by the 

 hairy legs and palpi, and comparatively narrow wings. 



THE POPLAR LUTE-STRING. BOMBYCIA OR. 



Noctua or, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 165, no. 202 (1787) ; 



Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. fig. 210 (1799?). 

 Noctua octogena, Esper, Schmett. iv. (2), i. p. 388, Taf. 128, 



fig- 5 (i79?); iv- (2) 2, p. 6, Taf. 180, fig. 5 (1794). 

 Cymatophora or, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (i), p. 98 (1825); 



Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 144, pi. 32, figs. 



