LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 841 



Genus 41. STILPNOTIA. 



Mas et foem. Corpus sat validum. Palpi graciles, pilosi, 

 caput paullo superantes ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us par- 

 vus, conicus, acutus. Pedes sat robusti, vix pilosi; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alse latae. Mas. — Antennae 

 longiores, late pectinatas. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Foem. — Antennae breviores, subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans. 



Stilpnotia, Westw. and Humph. Brit. Moths, i. 90. Steph. Cat. 



Lep. Brit. 

 Arctornis, p., Germ. Prodr. 18. 

 Leucoma, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 63. 

 Phalaena-Bombvx, p., Linn. ; Berk. ; Don. ; Steiv. ; Turt. 

 Phalaena, p., Deg. ; Wilkes. 

 Bombyx, p., Fair. ; H'ubn. ; Haw. 

 Laria, p., Schr. ; H'ubn. ; Meig. 

 Leucoma, p., H'ubn. 

 Liparis, p., Ochs. 

 Arctia, p., Curt. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi slender, 

 pilose, not long", extending a little beyond the head; second joint 

 much longer than the first ; third conical, acute, small. Legs mode- 

 rately stout, hardly pilose ; hind tibiae with two minute apical spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings almost straight along the costa, rounded 

 at the tips ; second inferior vein twice further from the third than 

 from the first ; third rather less than twice further from the fourth 

 than from the second. Male. — Antennae deeply pectinated, about 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen more slender, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae slightly pectinated, 

 much less than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. 



1. Stilpnotia Salicis. 



Aim albo nitidce ; antennae albo pectinatae; pedes atro annvlati. 



Leucoma Salicis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 64, 2. 

 Phalaena-Bombvx Salicis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 282 ; Faun. Suee. 



1 129. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2423, 46. Berk. Sgn. i. 136. 



Don. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. i. 65, pi. 30. Stew. El. Nat. Hist. 



ii. 151. Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 215. 

 Phalaena apparens, Deg. Gen. 37, 46. 



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