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Notodonta, Ochs., has the inner margin of the wing denticulated, [whence these insects are called Promi- 
nent Moths]. 
Orgyia, Ochs., differs from the preceding by having the females almost wingless. B. antiqua, Fab. [the 
Vapourer Moth]. 
Limacodes, Latr., differs from all in having the caterpillars like Wood-lice, and which seem also to represent 
the Polyommati amongst the diurnal species. H. Testudo and Asellus, Fab. 
Psyche, Schrank., the caterpillars of which form portable cases of silk, to which they affix bits of stick, thus 
resembling the nests of the Caddice-fiies. Some of the species, from the East Indies and Senegal, are very remark- 
able in their forms. 
The terminal Pseudo-Bombyces have the proboscis very distinct and elongated. 
Chelonia, God. {Arctia, Schr., Eyprepia, Ochs.), 
has the wings roof-like ; the antennae pectinated in 
the males ; the palpi very hirsute, and the proboscis 
short. 
B. caja, the Great Garden Tiger Moth, having 
brown upper-wings marked with white, and red 
under-wings spotted with blue black. The larvae are 
very common, and are termed Woolly Bears. 
Callimorpha, Latr. (^Eyprepia, Ochs.), has the 
wings roof-like, but the antennae are only serrated 
in the males ; the palpi only slightly squamose, and 
the proboscis long. B. Jacobcece, a very common 
species, black, the upper wings having a line and two carmine red spots ; the under wings of the latter colour, 
bordered with black. 
Lithosia, Fab., has the wings horizontal in repose. 
The fourth section of the Nocturna, that of the AposuRiE, differs at once from all the rest of the 
order in the caterpillars being destitute of any anal feet, the extremity of the body terminating in a 
point, which in many is forked, or furnished with two long articulated appendages, forming a kind of 
tail. In respect to the proboscis, palpi, and antennae, the Moths differ but little from tbe preceding. 
Bicranoura, God. (Cerura, Schr., Harpyia, Ochs.), have the external habit of Chelonia or Sericaria, and the 
extremity of the body of the larva is terminated by two tails. [C. Vinula, the Puss Moth.] 
Plaiypteryx, Lasp. (JDrepana, Schr.), more resembles Phalsena, having the fore-wings hooked at the tips and the 
body slender; the body of the larvae terminates in a point. In respect to the latter state, these Moths therefore 
resemble the Dicranourae ; but, in their perfect state, that of Phalenites. Ph. falcataria, lacertinaria, &c. 
The fifth section of the Nocturnal Lepidoptera, that of the Noctu^lites, Latr., resembles the pre- 
ceding in the wings, but differs in having a corneous proboscis rolled up in a spiral direction, and 
mostly very long ; palpi terminated suddenly by a very small joint, slenderer than the preceding, which 
is much larger, and very compressed. The body is generally clothed with scales rather than with 
wool ; the thorax is often crested above, and the abdomen is of an elongate conic form ; the antennae 
are generally slender and simple. Their flight is very rapid, and some species fly during the day. 
The caterpillars have mostly sixteen feet ; some have two or four -less, but the anal pair is never 
wanting ; and in those with only twelve feet the anterior pair of the membranous legs is as large as 
the following. The majority of these caterpillars inclose themselves in a cocoon. They compose the 
section Phalcem-Noctua, Linn. All the generic groups established recently, and which are character- 
ized rather from the caterpillar than the perfect state, may be reduced to the two following 
subgenera. 
Erebus, Latr. (Thysania, Dalm., Noctua, Fab.), has the wings always extended and horizontal, and the last joint 
of the palpi long, slender, and naked. These are very large moths, all of which are exotic except one Spanish 
species. 
Noctua, 
Has the last joint of the palpi very short, and clothed with scales, like the preceding. The majority have the 
larvae 16 -footed, as the Red Under-wing Moths, Noctua \Catocald\ sponsa, &c. Others have only twelve feet, 
and the imago is ornamented with golden or silvery spots, such as the Burnished Brass Moth, Noctua [Phisia] 
Chrysites, &c. The larvae of some, as N. Vei'basci, Absinthii, &c., feed on the flowers of the plants after which 
they are named. Others have the antennae feathered, as N. graminis, the larva of which is very destructive to 
pastures in Sweden [and elsewhere]. This genus is divided by Ochsenheimer into forty-two genera, being for the 
most part equivalent to the groups proposed in the systematic catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Vienna, of which, 
however, the nature of our work does not allow the details. After the removal of Erebus, Latreille, in a note, 
suggests that the Noctuae form two series ; the first having partially geometrical larvae, and the others having 
16 -footed larvae, both, however, terminating with species conducting to Herminia and Pyralis. 
Bombyx Cyllopoda, Dalm., forms a new and anomalous subgenus. 
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Fig-. 130. — Chelonia villica. 
