LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEUA. 995 



Genus 8. NOTODONTA. 



Corpus robustum. Ocelli nulli. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 breves, porrecti, pilosi, caput non superantes; articulus 3us mini- 

 mus. Thorax non cristatus. Abdomen alas posticus sat longe 

 superans. Pedes validi ; femora et tibiae dense pilosa ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae longiusculae ; anticae 

 apud costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore denticu- 

 lato, perobliquo, margine interiore apud medium faseiculato 

 Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. Fcem. — Antennae simplices 



Boiubyx, p., Linn. ; Fabr.; Gmel. ; Oliv. ; JEsp. ; Hubn. ,• Haw. ; 



God. 

 Notodonta, p., Ochs. ; Hubn. Verz. Schmett. ; Herr.-Schceff. 

 Notodonta et Peridea, Steph. ; Duponch. 

 Hylesia, p. ? Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 186. 



Body stout. Proboscis distinct, very short. Palpi short, por- 

 rect, pilose, not extending beyond the head ; third joint very 

 minute. Abdomen extending for one-third or one-half of its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; femora and tibia? densely 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings somewhat 

 Ion?, rather narrow or moderately broad. Fore wings nearly straight 

 in front, rounded at the tips, very oblique, and slightly denticulated 

 along the exterior border; interior angle very oblique ; interior bor- 

 der tufted in the middle ; discal areolet intersected by a secondary 

 forked vein ; three inferior veins ; second thrice further from the 

 third than from the first. Male. — Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Fern. — Antennae simple. 



Europe. 



Alae anticae lunula media fusca, pallidius cincta; posticae an- 

 gulo auali paullo obscuriores. 



A. Lunula media parva, pallide cincta. 



A. Alarum posticarum margo anterior coloratus. - trepida, Esp. 



B. Alarum posticarum angulus analis coloratus. 



a. Cinerea, strigis ambabus pallidis. - - torva, Hubn. 



b. Fusca, ferrugineo variegata. Alae posticae albae. 



Tri tophus, Wien. Verz. 



c. Flavo variegata. Alae posticae cinereae. dromedarius, Linn. 



B. Lunula media nigerrima, venam totam transversam occupans. 



Ziczac, Linn. 



