1040 CATALOGUE OF 



Thaumetopcea, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 185. Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 

 270. 

 Allied to the Bombycidce. 



Body very pilose, moderately stout. Ocelli none. Proboscis 

 not visible. Palpi very short and hairy. Antennae a little longer 

 than the thorax. Abdomen not or hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings, tufted at the tip. Legs stout, hairy ; hind tibiae with 

 minute apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, rounded at the tips ; three inferior veins ; second 

 very near the first at the base ; third remote. Male. — Antennae 

 moderately pectinated. Abdomen rather more slender than that of 

 the female. Female. — Antennae slightly pectinated. 



A. Frons nuda, transverse carinata. 



A. Albida ; corpus et alae anticae cinereo ochraceo mixta. 



1. Herculeana, Earnb. 



B. Cinerea, fusco signata ; alas anticae striga posteriore in venis 



3 et 4 longius dentata ; posticae ciliis albis, in angulo ani 

 fuscis. ----- 2. Pityocampa, Fabr, 



C. Cinerea ; alae anticae striga posteriore subrecta ; pusticae ciliis 



inter venas fuscis, praesertim in areola la. 



3. Pinivora, Treits. 



D. 4. maritima, Kadens. 



B. Frons simplex, dense pilosa. 



A. Cinerea; alae posticae fascia in angulo ani dilatata fusca. 



processionea, Linn. 



B. Cinerea; alae posticae niveae, solum ciliis areolae lae fuscis. 



solitaris, Friv. 



1. Cnethocampa Herculeana. 



Albida, cinereo oehraceo varia ; frons nuda, transverse carinata. 



Bombyx Herculeana, Ramb. Suppl. 81, 82. 



Cnethocampa Herculeana, Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 

 Suppl. ii. Text, 115, 1, 1. 



South Europe. 



2. Cnethocampa Pityocampa. 



Ala antica? cinerece, strigis tribus obscurioribus ; posticce pallida, 

 litura anali fusca. 



