LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. I 111? 



more than one-third of the length from the base, moderately peetfr 

 nated from thence to the tips. Abdomen clothed with long hairs at 

 the tip. Wings a little narrower than those of the female. Female 

 —Antennae slightly pectinated, not longer than the thorax. Abdo- 

 men densely lanugiuose at the tip. 



\, ToLYPE VELLEDA. 



Albida ; antenna* ramis fulvis ; abdominis dorsum seepe cinereum ; 

 alee subcinerece, ciliis albidis ; anHcte fasciis duabu* dupiica- 

 tis unaque simplice albidis, postica fasciis duabus albidis. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Velieda, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Erot. 178, pi. 



41, f. 4. 

 Tolype Velieda, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 189, 1943. 

 Phalaena Velieda, Abbot and Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, 



ii. 103, pi. 52. 



Whitish. Antennae with tawny branches. Wings grayish ; 

 ciliae whitish. Fore wings with three oblique slightly undulating 

 whitish bands ; the basal One double or treble, the middle one 

 double, the exterior one simple. Hind wings with two whitish 

 bands. Length of the body 6 — 12 lines; of the wings 14—28 

 lines. 



a, b. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. Mexico. From Mr. Glennie's collection. 



d. e. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 20. ERIOGASTER. 



Corpus pilosum, robustum. Palpi pilosi, brevissimi. Abdo- 

 , men alas posticas vix superans. Pedes pilosi ; tibiae posticae calea- 

 ribus duobus apicalibus minntis. Alae mediocriter latae, parum 

 vestitae; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine e\- 

 teriore perobliquo. Mas. — Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen 

 apice fasciculatum. Fcem. — Antennae subserratae. Abdomen apice 

 dense lanuginosum. 



Eriogaster, Germar ; Steph. III. Brit. Eat. HausL ii. 44. 



Phalaena-Bombvx, p., Linn. ; Don.; Stew.; Turt. 



Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Schr. ; Oliv. ; Esp. ; Uliij.; Borkh. ; Hubn.i 



Haw. ; God. ; fyc. 

 Lasiocampa, p., Schr.; Meig. 

 Phalaena, p., Berk. 



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