LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1445 



from the first ; third about thrice further from the fourth than from 

 the second. Male. — Antennae deeply pectinated. Abdomen rather 

 more slender and a little longer than that of the female. Female.— 

 Antennae serrated. 



1. Malacosoma Franconica. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee fusco venosce et marginata, striga pone 

 medium 'pallida. Fcem. — Lateritio-fusca. 



3ombyx Franconica, Wien. Verz. 57, 6. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 115, 



72; EnU Syst. iii. 1, 485, 82. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 54, 110. 



Illig. N. Ausg. dess. i. 117, 6. H'ubn. Bomb. 145, 3, pi. 40, f. 



175, 176. Esp. Schmett. iii. 139, pi. 26, f. 1,2. Borkh. Eur. 



Schmett. iii. 112, 50. Lang. Verz. ii. 105, 813. God. Lep. de 



France, iv. 146, pi. 13, f. 7, 8. Brahm, Ins. Kal. 340, 225. 



Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. 69, 565. 

 Phalaena-Boinbyx Franconica, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2415, 501. 

 jrastropacha Franconica, Ochs. Schmett. von. Eur. iii. 292, 23. 



Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. SuppL ii. Text, 106, 16. 

 Vlalacosoma Franconica, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 192. 



i — d. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 ?,/. Europe. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 15. CATOCEPHALA. 



Corpus validiusculum. Caput parvum. Proboscis fere nulla. 

 Palpi breves, longe pilosi. Thorax rotundatus. Alae integrae. 

 Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. Fcem. — Antennae anguste 

 pectinatae. 



2atocephala, Blanch. Gay, Hist. Chile, vii. 62. 



1. Catocephala socialis. 



Alee cinerecB ; anticce strigis duabus maculaque obliqua albidis ; 

 posticce immaculatce, subtus cum anticis striga communi alba. 



Jombyx socialis, Feisth. Voy. de la Favorite, v. Suppl. 24, pi. 6, 



f. 1 ; Mag. de ZooL 2me Ser. pi. 22, f. 1, (1839). 

 "atocephala socialis, Blanch. Gay, Hist. Chile, vii. 63, 1. 



;hili. 



