CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



PART VI. 



Genus 8. TKOP^IA. 



Corpus robustum. Antennae thorace non longiores. Pedes 

 validi; tibiae posticas calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae 

 amplae, ocellis quatuor; anticae non falcatae aut vix falcatae, apice 

 plus minusve angulatae, margine exteriore subrecto plus minusve 

 obliquo ; posticae caudatae, abdomen longe superantes. Mas. — An- 

 tennae latissime pectinatae ; rami graciles, ciliati, duplicati, aequaliter 

 longi. Fcem. — Antennae sat late peetinaiae ; rami longi subelavati, 

 alterni subelavati. Abdomen crassum. 



Tropaea, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 152. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus, p., Linn. ; Cram. ; Gmel. 

 > Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv. 

 \ Actias, Leach; Macleay ; Double day ; Westw. ; Duncan. 



Saturnia, p., Boisd. ; Westw. ; Grdells. 



Antennae not longer tban the thorax. Legs stout ; hind tibiae 

 with two minute apical spurs. Wings ample, each with an ocellus. 



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