CATALOGUE 



LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Tribe III.— BOMB YCES. 



The Bomb yces comprise in this Catalogue all those Lepidopterous 

 Insects which, in their metamorphosis, construct a covering or case 

 (folliculus or incunabulum), which is generally called a cocoon. This 

 covering is a characteristic distinction of the whole Tribe, and has in 

 each Species a peculiar form, which is reproduced instinctively with 

 an unvarying uniformity. It is compared very imperfectly to Spinning 

 and Weaving, and the term Spinners or Weavers has been applied 

 to them in the Wiener Verzeichniss. — (" Zu Hirer Verwandlung 

 spinnen sie ein Gewebe. Metamobphosis in tela.") 



The Bombtces form a distinct tribe, equal in rank to the Papiliones 

 and Sphinges, and are related to the latter by the genera iEgeria, 

 Zygasna, and Eusemia, and to the Noctuidae by Hepialus. 



In their metamorphosis they present different types of form or 

 stirpes, to which the names used in the Wiener Verzeichniss have, 

 in most cases, been appropriated. Their denominations are as 

 follows, viz. : — 



Stirps 1. Larvae Sphingiformes. 



2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



7. 



Easciculatae. 



Ursinse. 



Cuspidatse. 



VerticillatsB. 



Limaciformes. 



Pilosae. 



Lignivorse. 



It is my duty to inform the Entomological student that the sub- 

 division here proposed is, at the present period, only provisional. My 

 materials consist chiefly of the collections made by myself in 

 Java, and of some contributions liberally supplied by my friend 

 A. Grote, Esq., from the neighbourhood of Calcutta, in Continental 



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