1428 CATALOGUE OF 



latissime pectinatae. Abdomen robustum. Fcem. — Antennae ser- 

 ratae. Abdomen crassum. 



Lasiocampa, p., Schr. 



Lasiocampa, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 38. Curt, 



Phalsena-Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Gmel. ; Stew. ; Turt. 



Phalaena, p., Berk. ; Wilkes. 



Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Oliv. ; Scop. ; Schr. ; Oliv. ; Donov. ; Hubn. ; 



Haw.; Boisd., fyc, 

 Gastropacha, p., Ochs. ; Herr.-S chaff. 

 ^letanastria, Pachygastria, Malacosoma, Periphoba et Mesoscelis, 



Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 186, 187, 191, 192. 



Body robust or thick. Palpi short, stout, pilose, not extending 

 beyond the head ; third joint small. Antennae rather longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen not or hardly extending beyond the hind 

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

 spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings straight or very slightly convex 

 along the costa, slightly rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border; first and second inferior veins contiguous at the 

 base ; third very remote from the second and from the fourth. 

 Male. — Antennae very deeply pectinated. Abdomen hardly thick. 

 Female. — Antennae serrated. Abdomen thick. 



Europe. 

 Group 1. 



A. Ma^nae. 



A. Mas. — Ferrugineus. Fcem. — Cervina; alee anticae strigis 



duabus transversis pallidis. - Kubi, Linn. 



B. Mas. — Fuscus. Fcem. — Lutea; alee omnes striga rlava, an- 



ticae puncto medio albo. 



a. Striga pallida limbum versus diluta, ab hoc remotior. 



Quercus, Linn, 



b. Striga pallida angustior, limbo propior. 



Quercus, Linn. Var. Spartii, Hubn. 



C. Sordide ochracea ; mas magis stramineus ; fcem. magis late- 



ritia ; alse anticae maris apice valde obtusae, postica? 

 fcemince innotatae. - Terreni, Friv. 



D. Sordide ochracea (mas obscurior) ; striga alarum omnium 



pallidior pone medium, limbo parallela. - Codes, Hubn. 



E. Ferruginea ; alae anticae puncto medio et striga pone medium 



pallidioribus ; mas magis lutescens ; fcem. magis fusces- 

 cens. Trifolii, Wien. Verz. 



