982 CATALOGUE OF 



X Palpi brevissimi. - - - 72. Anzabe. 

 {J: Palpi breves. 



§ Proboscis non conspicua. - 34. Rethona. 

 §§ Proboscis conspicua. - 3. Tadana. 



fft Palpi mediocriter longi. 



§ Antennae apices versus nudae. 40. "Danima* 

 §§ Antennae usque ad apices pectinatae. 



X Proboscis brevissima. - 67. Lagela. 

 X X Proboscis longa. - - 68. Sidana, 



•fttt Antennae maris latissime pectinatae. 



X Antennae thorace non longiores. 66* Sanega. 

 JJ Antennae thorace multo longiores. 



77. Pttlomacra. 

 B. Tarsi longe pilosi. - - - - . - 78. Clamara. 



Genus I. CERURA. 



Corpus crassum, pilosum. Ocelli nulli. Proboscis brevis- 

 sima. Palpi brevissimi, porrecti, caput non superantes ; articulus 

 3us minimus. Antennae usque ad apices pectinatae, thorace lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae laeves, 

 longiusculae ; anticae areola appendicular!, apud costam fere rectae, 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Cerura, p., Schr. 



Cerura, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 15. 



Phalaena, p., Deg. 



Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Fabr. ; Gmel.; Bsp. ; Borkh.; H'ubn. ; Haw. ; 



God. 

 Dicranura, Latr. ; Boisd. 

 Harpyia, p., Ochs. 

 Harpjia et Harpyias, Hubner. 

 Pania, Dalm. 

 Furcula, Lamarck. 



Body stout, pilose. Proboscis very short. Palpi very short, 

 not extending- so far as the head ; third joint very small. Antennae 

 pectinated to the tips, longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose; hind tibiae with two 

 minute apical spurs. Wings rather long. Fore wings almost 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, very oblique along the 

 exterior border ; interior angle much rounded ; discal areolet inter- 

 sected by a secondary forked vein ; three inferior veins ; second 

 about four times further from the third than from the first. 



