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LimacopEs, Lat. 
Their caterpillars seem to represent, in this division, those of 
certain Diurnal Lepidoptera, such as the Polyommati(1). 
The last of the Pseudo-Bombyces, without an apparent or at least 
useful proboscis, also present another anomaly in their first state. 
Their caterpillars, like those of several Tineites, live in portable 
dwellings consisting of a silken tube, on which they fix fragments of 
stems or twigs of various plants, forming little rods laid one over 
the other. These habitations resemble those of the larve of cer- 
tain Phryganee. Very remarkable ones are found in the East In- 
dies and Senegal. 
These Lepidoptera, united by Hibner with the Tinez, compose 
the subgenus 
PsycuE, Schr.(2) 
The last Pseudo-Bombyces, which by the disposition of their co- 
lours seem to represent the Diurna called damiers, are furnished 
with avery distinct proboscis, which, when unrolled, extends far 
beyond the head, as in 
Cuetonta, Godart.—Arctia, Schr.—Lyprepia, Ochs. “a 
Where the wings are tectiform, the antennz of the males pecti- 
nated, the inferior palpi densely pilose, and the proboscis is short. 
C. chrysorrhxa; Bombyx chrysorrhea, Fab.; Rees., Insect. I, 
Class II, Pap. Noct., xxii. Wings white and immaculate; pos- 
terior extremity of the abdomen fulvous-brown. 
In certain years the caterpillar of this species strips whole 
woods of their leaves. 
£. caja; Bombyx caja, ¥ab.; Res., Ibid., i. Head and thorax 
brown; superior wings of the same colour with irregular white 
streaks; inferior wings and back of the abdomen red, with 
bluish-black spots. 
The caterpillar which lives on the Nettle, Lettuce, Elm, &c., 
has received the name of hedge-hog, or bear, on account of its 
(1) The Hepialus testudo, asellus, bufo, Fab. See Godart, Lépid. de France, IV, 
2091, xxyiul, 1; 2. 
(2) See Ochs., Godart, &c. 
