4b LEPIDOPTERA. 
1, SPHINGINA, Stainton. 
_ Crepuscularia, Stephens. 
Antenne fusiformes, i.e. in medio crassiores, utrinque attenuate, subpris- 
matice. 
The antenne fusiform, i.e, thicker in the middle, attenuated at each 
end, subprismatic. 
2. BOMBYCINA, Stainton. 
Pomeridiana, Nocturna partim (Lithosiide), e¢ Semidiurna partim 
(Platyptericide), Stephens. 
Antenne setacee, plerumque pectinate, viv thorace longiores. Ocelli 
nulli. 
Corpus crassum, breviusculum, postice obtusum. 
Pedes postici mediis viw longiores. 
Ale ample, anteriores sine pictura typica, posteriores lete colorate. 
Larva non minus 14 pedibus instructa. 
Antenne setaceous, mostly pectinated (Lithosia and Platypteryw have . 
simple setiform antenne), hardly longer than the thorax.  Ocelli none, 
excepting in the Chelonide. Body thick, rather short, and posteriorly 
obtuse. Posterior legs hardly longer than the middle pair. Wings broad, 
the anterior without any typical markings (e.g. the markings of the Sa- 
turnide are quite different from those of the Chelonide, Liparide, ete. ; 
thus not as in the Noctuina). Posterior wings bright-coloured, frequently 
more vivid than the anterior wings (thus not so much contrasted as in 
the Noctuina) ; the larve with not fewer than fourteen feet. 
3. NOCTUINA, Stainton. 
Noctus, Boisduval. 
Noctuids, Herrich-Schiffer. 
Nocturna (excl. Lithosiide), Stephens. 
Antenne setacee, raro pectinata, thorace longiores. Ocelli plerisque. 
Corpus mediocre, postice attenuatum. 
Pedes postici mediis longiores. 
Ale mediocres, anteriores longiuscule, signis constantibus picta, posteriores 
latiuscula obsolete colorate. 
Larva non minus 12 pedibus instructa. 
Antenne setaceous, rarely pectinated, most frequently ciliated, longer 
than the thorax (except in Cocytia). Ocelli in most. Body moderate, 
posteriorly attenuated ; posterior legs longer than the middle pair. Wings 
moderate; anterior rather long, adorned with characteristic markings 
