LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1389 



ihorace paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas saepissime plus 

 minusve superans. Pedes validi, pilosissirai ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alae mediocriter hitae, margine ex- 

 teriore denticulato ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice subacu- 

 minatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. Mas. — Antenna) 

 at late pectinatae. Fcem. —Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. 



Gastropacha, Curt. Brit. Ent. i. 24 ; Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. 



ii. 52. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Gmel. ; Don. ; Stew. ; Turt. 

 Phalaena, p., List. ; Berk. ; Wilkes ; Harr. 

 Bom by x, p., Fabr. ; Oliv.; Schr. ; Wien. Verz. ; Esp. ; Borkh. ; 



Hubn. ; Haw., &c. 

 Lasiocampa, p., Schr. 

 Gastropacha, p., Ochs. Herr.-Schceff. 



Body thick. Head prominent. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 stout, porrect, pilose, extending some distance beyond the head ; 

 third joint less than half the length of the second, rounded at 

 the tip. Antennae curved, a little shorter than the thorax. Abdo- 

 men generally extending more or less beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, very pilose ; hind tibiae with two very minute apical 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad, denticulated along the exterior 

 border. Fore wings nearly straight in front, slightly acuminated ai 

 the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border; first and 

 second inferior veins almost contiguous at the base ; third rather re- 

 mote from the second, more remote from the fourth. Male. — An- 

 tennae rather deeply pectinated. Female. — Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. 



Europe. 



A. Alae omnes aequaliter coloratae et signatae. 

 A. Alarum cilice albae, in venis fuscae. 



a. Fusca, cinereo variegata. - Ilicifolia, Linn. 



B. Pallide lateritia. - - - Betulifolia, Fabr. 



c. Pallida, ciliis rubris, inter venas albis ; alae anticae strigis 2 

 aut 3, posticae unica tenuibus obscurioribus. 



suberifolia, Ramb. 



B. Alarum ciliae concolores. 



A. Lateritia; limbus alarum undulatus. Populifolia, Wien. Verz. 



B. Cupreo badius ; limbus alarum profunde dentatus. 



Quercifolia, Linn. 



