1116 CATALOGUE OF 



posticas non superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticse calcaribus 

 duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae lata?, breviusculae ; anticae apud 

 costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore obliquo, angulo 

 interiore rotundato. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, dimidio 

 apicali serratae. Fcem. — Antennae simplices, graciles. Abdomen 

 lanuginosum. 



Doratifera, Westw. ; Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxvii. Exotic Moths, 



181. 

 Bombyx, p., Lewin ; Boisd. 



Body very stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi sbort, porrect, 

 pilose, not extending beyond the head; third joint minute. An- 

 tennas more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending 

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

 minute apical spurs. Wings broad, rather short. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, oblique along the ex- 

 terior border ; interior angle rounded ; discal areolet intersected by 

 a secondary vein ; second inferior vein hardly further from the 

 third than from the first; third full twice further from the fourth 

 than from the second. Male. — Antennae moderately pectinated to 

 half the length, serrated from thence to the tips. Female. — An- 

 tennae simple, slender. Abdomen stouter than that of the male, 

 lanuginose on each side and beneath. 



1. DOKATIFEEA VULNERANS. 



Ferruginea; caput apud antennas album ; palpi albi, basi fusci ; 

 pedes antici albo cincti ; alee anticce fuscce, fasciis rugulosis 

 niteniibus ferrugineis, maculis duabus margineque exteriore 

 canis ; posticce fusco-fulvce. 



Bombyx vulnerans, Lewin, Prodr. Ent. 5, pi. 4. Boisd. Voy. de 



V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 220, 1. 

 Doratifera vulnerans, Westw. Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxvii. Exotic 



Moths, 181, pi. 22, f. 5. 



Ferruginous. Head white about the base of the antennae. 

 Palpi white, brown towards the base. Fore legs with white bands. 

 Fore wings brown, rippled with ferruginous shining bands, with a 

 hoary spot near the base, and another larger one behind the tip of 

 the discal areolet, exterior border hoary. Hind wings brownish 

 tawny. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 

 lines. 



a — d. New Holland. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 





