CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 1. STYGIA. 



Corpus robustum, pilosum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi validi, 

 porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 2i 

 dimidio non longior. Antenna? mediocriter pectinatae, thorace non 

 longiores; rami validi. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans. 

 Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 parvae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subaeuminata?, margine 

 exteriore vix obliquo. 



Stygia, Draparnaud ; Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 215 ; Cuv. Reg. 

 Anim. ed. 2, v. 398 ; Hubn Verz. Schmett. 195 ; Oehs. SchmetU 

 iv. 39; Boisd. Ind.Meth.39; Treit. ; Crochard. 

 Bombyx, p., Hubn. 

 Chirnaera, p., Oehs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 



Body stoat. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, porrect, pilose, 

 extending a little beyond the bead ; third joint conical, not more 

 than half the length of the second. Antennas moderately pecti- 

 nated, not longer than the thorax ; branches stout. Abdomen ex- 

 tending for more than half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings small. 

 Fore wings straight along the costa, slightly acuminated at the 

 tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border ; first and second infe- 

 rior veins approximate at the base ; third at a short distance from 

 the second, a little further from the fourth. 



Nearly allied to Cossus. 



1. Stygia australis. 



Alee anticae flavescentes, fusco undatce ; posticce nigra, macula 

 magna alba. 



Stygia australis, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 215. Oehs. Schmett. 



von Eur. iv. 39. Treits. DeVitl. Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris, 



v. 473. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 169, pi. 22, f. 19. Boisd. 



Ind. Meth. 51 ; ed.2, 39. Croch. Ed. Reg. Anim. Atlas, Ins, 



pi. 149, f. 3. 

 Bombyx terebellum, Hubn. Bomb. pi. 57, f. 244. 

 Chirnaera leucomelas, Oehs. Schmett. von Eur. 11, 6, 4. 

 Stygia terebellum, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 196, 2003. 

 South France. 



a — c. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 d. Europe. From Mr. Children's collection. 



