1436 CATALOGUE OF 



West Indies. 



Group 1. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae late 

 pectinatae, thorace paullo longiores. Pedes validi, dense pilosL 

 AlaB latae, non longae ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice subro-t 

 tundatae, margine exteriore recto mediocriter obliquo ; posticae ab- 

 domen paullo superantes. 



Male. Body rather stout. Palpi very short, not extending so 

 far as the head. Antennae deeply pectinated, a little longer than 

 the thorax ; branches simple, slender, ciliated, of equal length. Ab- 

 domen extending to three-fourths of the breadth of the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, thickly pilose. Wings broad, not long. Fore wings 

 almost straight in front, slightly rounded at the tips, straight and 

 moderately oblique along the exterior border; second inferior vein 

 a little more than twice further from the third than from the first. 



11. Lasiocampa plana. 



Mas. Rufo-cervina ; antennae testacece ; alee fascia exteriore an- 

 gusta obliqua fuscescente. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Antennae testaceous. Wings 

 with an exterior slender oblique brownish band, extending from 

 three-fourths of the length of the costa of the fore wings to three- 

 fourths of the length of the interior border of the hind wings. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



South America. 



A. Alae strigis tribus fuscis. - - - dedecora, Feisth. 



B. Alae fascia una marginali fusca. - - Hyrtaca, Cram. 



C. Alae fasciis quatuor testaceis.. - hirta, Cram. 



12. Lasiocampa? Hyrtaca. 



Cervina ; alee antica> basi subobseuriores, fascia lata marginali 

 fusca maculaque transversa discali nigra testaceo signata. 



Phalaena Hyrtaca, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 97, pi. 249, f. F. 

 Bombyx Hyrtaca, Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 53, 103. 

 Bombyx Lusca? Fabr. Mant. Bomb. 49. 

 Bombyx Laricis, H'ubn. Beytr. ii. 2, ; 3, M. 

 Metanastria Hyrtaca, H'ubn, Verz. Schmett. 186, 1916. 



Surinam. 



