LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1179 



Bombyx compressa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 455, 149. Panz. Faun. 



Germ, i. pi. 6. Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. vii. pi. 239, f. 2. 



Stew. El. ii. 155. Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 216. Esp. Eur. 



Schmett. 

 Bombyx spinula, Wien. Verz. 64. Hubn. Bomb. pi. 11, f. 40. 

 Cilix spinula, Lasp. Boisd. Herr.-Schaff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 



Suppl.n. Text, 110, 1. 

 Platypteryx spinula, Treits. Latr. 

 Euclea Kulfa, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcena Sphingoides Platyp- 



terices Rotund ata) 149, 1563. 

 Cilix compressa, Leach, En. Encycl. ix. 134. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. 



Haust. iv. 9, 1. 

 Bombyx compressus, Haw. Lep. Brit. 110. 

 Falcaria spinula, Haw. Lep. Brit. 154. 

 Geomelra modesta, Naturf. xiii. 27, pi. 3, f. 4. 

 Phalaena glaucata, Scop. Ent. Cam. 221, pi. 32, f. 549. 

 , Albin, Iiis. pi. 65, f. e — h. Harris, Vade Mec. 21. 



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



5 — u. England. 



iv, x. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



J Genus 14. NATAXA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 pilosi, brevissimi. Antennae late pectinatae, tborace non longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat graciles; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus duobus minimis apicalibus. Alae vix latae; an- 

 ticae apud costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 



pilose, very short. Antennae deeply pectinated, not longer than the 



i thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 



| rather slender ; hind tibiae with two very minute apical spurs. 



I Wings hardly broad. Fore wings almost straight along the costa, 



rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border; interior 



angie rounded ; first and second inferior veins approximate at the 



base ; third much more than twice further from the fourth than from 



the second. 



1. Nataxa flavifascia. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen nigro-fuscum, apice ferrugineo - 

 rufum ; al& nigro-fuscce, apud marginem exteriorem saturate 

 rufa, fuscia gracili obliqua subundulosa fiava ; posticce sub- 

 tus rufa. 



