AM) THEIU TRANSFORMATIONS. gy 



of tlie males, according to Diiponchfl (Ic.n. CIr-ii. Noct. i)I. (>), have tlio ground colour of the body much darker 

 than in the female, which is varied with grey and jialc yellow. They feed on a great variety of trees, and are found 

 throughout the summer, the moths appearing in the autumn, and flying during the day even in the middle of Lun. 



on. 



SPECIES 2.— OllGYIA GONOSTIGMA. Plate XVII., Fig. U, 12, 10. 



SvNoNVMKS.— /'Aa/. (liomb.) ffonosligma, I.inn. ; Unworth ; [ Hg- a— g ; Donnv.in, 9, pi. 316 ; Curtis, Biit. Ent. pi. 37S • Wood, 

 Albin, pi. 90, fijr. .i— d ; Wilkes, pi. Go ; Harris, Aurclian, pi. 14, | Ind. Ent. pi. 7, fi.r. 60, 60. 



The males of this handsome sju'cies vary from l\ to U inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which 

 are of a rich orange brown, with the base spotted with ferruginous, two dusky curved and waved stripes, 

 between which on the disk is a duplex oval sjiot, the costa being pale. Near the tip of the wings arc tliree 

 white patches, preceded hy fulvous dashes, ami there is an ear-sha|ied white mark near the anal an"le. The 

 fringe is spotted with dark brown. The under wings brown, with i)a!c fringe. The female is dark reddish 

 brown, with ochrc-coloured tarsi and autennie. 



The caterpillar is brown, with rich red longitudinal stripes, with four thick tufts of short yellow hairs on 

 the back, and several pencils of clavate hairs. 



The species is rare, but occurs in the South of England, appearing at the same periods as the preceding. 



D.XSVCIllRA*, Stri'iie.xs, nkc. Hubner. ORGYIA, Hi'bnki!, Verz. 



Like the last- described genus, this present has the spiral tongue obsolete, and the fore legs broad and pilose, 

 in which respect it ditlers from the succeeding genera, whilst its tufted larvEe removes it from Porthetria and 

 Psilura. From Orgyia it is at once distinguished, by the females being furnished with fully-developed 

 wings ; and from Di'mas, by the thorax not being crested. 



SPECIES 1.— DASVCUIRA FASCELINA. Pi,.vri: XVII., F.o. 14, I.',, IC. 



Synonvmfs.— P/j«/. (B()ni4.)/asfc/i7io, Linna-us ; Haworth ; Hi)- i Stephens (Dasycliira f.) ; Wood, Inil. Ent. pi. G, fig. J6. 

 >iovan,vol. 16, pi. 57(5 ; Alhiii.pl. 2(i, fig. 39, e— li ; AVilki-s, pi. 32. I Bomby.r medicai/inis, llUljiier, lionili. pi. 21, Tig. 81. 



This species varies from 1|- to 2i inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are dark grey, with a blackish 

 spot, edged with orange at the base ; two curved dark fascite (one before and one behind the middle of the wing, 

 mottled with orange,) between which is a pale oval spot enclosing a dark dot ; beyond the second fascia is 

 a broadish, irregular, dusky stripe, edged with a ilentate line. The hind wings arc pale grey, with a slight 

 dusky subapical fascia. 



The caterpillar is brownish, spotted with yell.)W, .and with five pale tussocks on the back, two near the head 

 and one at the tail. It feeds on numerous and very dissimilar plants throughout the autumn and winter ; and 

 the moth, wliicli is by no means rare, appears in .July. 



SPECIES 2.— DASYCHIRA PUDIBU\D.\. Plate XVIL, Fig. 17, 18, 19. 



SvNONYMEs. — Phal. (Bomb.) pudiliundOf Linnaeus; Hawoitli ; i 63; Harris, Aiirclian, pi. 15; Stephens (Djs\cliira p. J ; Wood, Ind. 

 llonovan, vol. 5, pi. 160 ; Albin, pi. 26, fig. 38, .1— d ; Wilkes, pi. | Ent. pi. 6, fig. 57. 



Bombyx juylandis, Illibncr, Bomb. pi. '21, fig. 84, 85. 



This common species varies from li- to 2^ inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a whitish grey 



colour, thickly irrorated with dusky scales, especially in the males. The base of the wings is marked with a 



* Derived from the Greek, in allusion to the hairy oulstrctehed fore feet of the moth'. 



