1098 CATALOGUE OF 



Bombyx variegata, De Till. Ent. Linn. ii. 160, 85. 



Notodonta plumigera, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. iii. 71, 12. 



Duponch. Suppl. God. Lep. France, Pseudo-bomby cites, pi. 5, 



f. 2. Boisd. 

 Ptilophora plumigera, Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. 



ii. Text, 121, 17,1. 

 Odontosia plumigera, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phaleenee Sphingoides 



Ptilodontes Odontosiee), 146, 1540. 



a — d. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



e — g. England. 



h — k. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 77. PTILOMACRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput et thorax pilosissima. Caput 

 parvum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi breviusculi, porrecti, 

 caput non superantes; articulus 3us parvus, conicus. Antennae 

 latissime plumosae, corpore paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus minutis api- 

 calibus. Alae longiusculae, sat lata? ; anticae apud costam recta?, 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Head and thorax very pilose. Head 

 small. Proboscis not visible. Palpi rather short, porrect, not ex- 

 tending beyond the body ; third joint small, conical. Antennae ex- 

 tremely deeply plumose, full three-fourths of the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with minute apical spurs. Wings rather long, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border; interior angle much 

 rounded ; discal areolet intersected by two veins ; second inferior 

 vein as near to the third as to the first ; third rather further from 

 the fourth than from the second. 



1. Ptilomacra senex. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; thorax albido bimaculatus ; alee anticce 

 albido conspersce ; abdomen et alee posticae fusca. 



Male. Blackisk brown. Thorax with two elongated whitish 

 spots. Fore wings sprinkled with whitish plumes, brown beneath. 

 Abdomen and bind wings brown. Length of the body 10 lines; of 

 the wings 26 lines. 



a. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. New South Wales. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



c. New South Wales. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



