1146 CATALOGUE OF 



Limacodes, Latr. Fam. Nat. ; Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 85 ; 



JBoisd. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. 

 Tortrix, p., Hiibn. 

 Heterogenea, Knock, Beitr. iii. 63 ; Treits. ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent, 



Haust. ii. 84. 

 Hepialus, p., Fabr. ; Wien. Verz. 

 Phalaena, p., Donov. ; Stew. 

 Apoda, Haw. 



Body moderately stout, slender in some species. Proboscis not 

 visible. Palpi porrect, slender, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 third joint small, acute. Antennae simple, or nearly so, in both 

 sexes, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending as far 

 or nearly as far as the hind wings. Legs moderately stout or slen- 

 der, pilose or nearly bare; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings slightly convex along the 

 costa, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der ; interior angle rounded ; second inferior vein a little further 

 from the third than from the first ; third a little further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



This genus requires subdivision. 



Europe. 



A. Pedes sat validi. - Testudo, Fabr. 



B. Pedes graciles, vix pilosi. - Asellus, Fabr. 



1. Limacodes Testudo. 

 Alee fulvce, aut ferruyinece, strigis duabus obliquis obscurioribus. 



Limacodes Testudo, Latr. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 86, 1, 



Westw. $r Humph. Brit. Moths, i. 81, pi. 16, f. 5—7. 

 Hepialus Testudo, Fabr. Ent. Si/st. iii. 2, 7, 8. 

 Bombyx Testudo, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 121, 116. Wien. Verz. 6b, 



1. Gmel. ed. Si/st. Nat. i. 5, 2427, 546. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 



71, 160. 

 Bombyx Limacodes, Esp. Schmett. iii. 140, pi. 26, f. 3—9. 

 Phalaena Li max, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iii. 449. 

 Bombyx Asella? Esp. Schmett. iii. Suppl. 36, pi. 85, f. 4. 

 Bombyx sulphurea, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 189, 86. 

 Tortrix testudinana, Hubn. Tort. pi. 26, f. 164, 165. 

 Phalaena funalis, Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. iii. pi. 76. Stew. El. 



ii. 195. 



