1946 CATALOGUE OF 



Fam. BOMBYCIDiE, C. L. H. vi. 1386. 

 Genus GASTROPACHA, C. L. H. vi. 1388. 



GASTROPACHA AMERICANA. 



Gastropacha americana, Harris, Rep. Ins. N. York, 273 — Gastro- 

 pacha occidentis, C. L. H. vi. 1392. 



Gastropacha ferecgixea. 

 ferruginea, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. 386. 

 Lansing, United States. 



Genus HYDRIAS, C. L. II. vi. 1397. 



Hydrias pro pin qua. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi porrecti, robusti, pilori, caput superantes ; 

 an tenure flex a, late pectinatcc ; thorax postice canus ; abdomen 

 pilis lonyis dense vestitum ; alee antiac alb'uhc, cervino et fer- 

 rvgineo conspersa?, fascia antemedia non conspersa nigricante 

 marginata, lineis dnabus cervinis angulosit. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Frontal tuft porrect. Palpi 

 porrect, stout, pilose, extending rather beyond the bead. Antennae 

 short, curved, broadly pectinated. Hind part of the thorax hoary. Ab- 

 domen thickly clothed with long hairs, not extending beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft long. Fore wings whitish, rounded at the tips, 

 more or less thickly speckled with fawn-colour and with ferruginous ; 

 an antemedial unspeckled band, bordered on the inner side by a 

 blackish line ; two indistinct zigzag fawn-coloured lines, one post- 

 medial, the other submarginal. Hind wings thickly clothed with 

 long hairs along the interior border : fore part whitish, speckled 

 with ferruginous. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Genus ODENESTIS, C. L. H. vi. 1409. 



Odexestis paupercula. 



Mas. Rufescente-ccrvina ; antenna late pectinate, apices versus 

 setulosa ; alee anticce breviuscuUr. nigricante conspersa, linea 

 obiiqua subrecta maculaque media nigricantibus. 



