104 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Larvse with from twelve to sixteen legs. Abdomen depressed 

 in the male. Wings angulated, with the orbicular stigma 

 punctiform Gonopterida. 



As before, we will proceed to notice some representative 

 genera and species of these eight families. The families 

 Calpidcz, Hemiceridce, and Gonopterida have considerable 

 resemblance to the Notodontida, and have been referred to 

 that family by some authors. 



FAMILY ERIOPID^E. 



GENUS CALLOPISTRIA. 



Callopistria, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 216 (1822?); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 86 1 (1857). 

 Eriopus, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (i), p. 365 (1825); 

 Guenee, Spec. Gen. Le*pid. Noct. ii. p. 291 (1852). 



Antennae slender, pubescent in the male, frequently nodose 

 at one third of their length. Palpi straight ; second joint 

 broad, very hairy, third small. Proboscis short and slender ; 

 front of the head tufted. 



Body rather slender ; thorax with a bifid crest ; abdomen 

 conical, crested at the base, and pointed at the extremity in the 

 male. Legs clothed with woolly hair. Fore-wings dentated, with 

 a small tuft of projecting scales on the inner margin ; hind-wings 

 broad, with a more or less distinct concavity opposite the cell. 

 Discoidal nervule rising from the discocellular nervule close to 

 the cellular fold. 



Larva smooth, cylindrical, with sixteen legs, feeding on 

 low plants. 



Pupa smooth, shining, subterranean. 



Two species are found in Europe, though not in Britain 

 An allied North American species is here figured. 



