1422 CATALOGUE OF 



1. PoLYMONA HAMATA. 



Foem. Lcete cervina ; antennce testacece, ramis fulvis ; pectus 

 album ; abdomen ferrugineo-rufum ; pedes riifescent.es, tarsis 

 albis ; alee anticce striaa costali guttisque basalibus cinereis, 

 necnon fasciis subundulosis perangustis testaceis. 



Female, Bright fawn-colour. Antennae testaceous, with tawny 

 branches. Pectus white. Abdomen and legs ferruginous-red. 

 Tarsi white. Fore wings cinereous along the costa towards the tip, 

 and with three very slender slightly undulating testaceous bands ; 

 two or three indistinct gray discal dots near the base and one in the 

 disk ; fringe whitish, partly ferruginous. Length of the body 1 1 

 lines ; of the wings 29 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 11. PACHYPASA. 



Corpus valde crassum. Palpi crassi, pilosi, obtusi, caput 

 paullo superantes. Antenna? subconvoluto sinuatae, thorace non 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes robusti, pilosi; 

 tibiae postica? calcaribus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alas longius- 

 culae, vix latae ; antieae apud costam vix convexoe, apice subrolun- 

 datae, margine exteriore perobliquo, Mas. — Antennae latissime 

 pectinatae, apices versus mediocriter pectinatae, thorace vix breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans. Fcem. — Antennae serrato 

 pectinatae, thorace malto breviores. Abdomen alas posticas triente 

 superans. 



Sphinx, p., Drury. 



Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv. 



Lasiocampa, p., Boisd. 



Gastropacha, p., Westw. ; Herr.-Schceff. 



Body very thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, pilose, 

 extending a little beyond the head; third joint obtuse. Antennae 

 not longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending beyond the hind 

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

 spurs. Wings rather long, hardly broad. Fore wings hardly con- 

 vex in front, slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique along the 

 exterior border; first and second inferior veins approximate at the 

 base; third remote from the second and from the fourth. Male. — 

 Antenna? hardly shorter than the thorax, very deeply pectinated for 

 two-thirds of the length, moderately pectinated from thence to the 



