178 L1MAC0DES CIPPUS. 



The oval form of the body, and general appearance, 

 make these larva© somewhat to resemble an Oniscus, 

 on which account they are named Chenilles-cloportes 

 by French authors. 



In the perfect insects the antennas of the males 

 are simple, stout, and compressed, rather serrated, 

 pilose at the apex ; those of the females slender, a 

 little serrated towards the apex, which is acute. 

 Head of moderate size, and very hairy; maxillas 

 obsolete; palpi short, and densely covered with 

 scales, triarticulate, basal joint short, second as long 

 as the other two, robust, the terminal one the 

 length of the first, slender and subfusiform. Thorax 

 and abdomen both rather robust, the latter a little 

 tufted at the extremity in both sexes: wings de- 

 flexed ; anterior elongate, subtrigonate, posterior 

 margins rounded ; legs very stout and short ; thighs 

 and tibias with a broad fringe of hairs; anterior 

 tibioa simple, the rest with spines at the apex. * 



The pretty little species figured at 2, measures 

 about an inch between the tips of the wings. Ground 

 colour of the superior wings brown, with several 

 deltoid green spots, arranged somewhat longitudi- 

 nally, on the surface of each; hinder wings light 

 brown, without spots. Head and thorax of the 

 same colour as the ground of the upper wings, and 

 the abdomen like that of the under pair. 



The caterpillar (fig. 1) inclines to purple on the 

 sides, each of which has three longitudinal yellow 



* Stephens' Illus. IJaust. 



