SATURNIIDiE, B0MBYCIDJ3. 
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Ceratocampa h'issoti, Boisd., = regalis, Fabr., var., C. cacicus, ducalis, 
and opaca, Boisd., = imperialism Fabr., varr. ; H. Burraeisfcer, Desc. Rep. 
Arg. V. pp. 486-491. 
Brahmcea.lunulata, Brem., varr. ledererim Rog., and christophi (var. n., 
p. 360) discussed, and larvae described ; O. Staudinger, Hor. Ent. Ross, 
xiv. pp. 359-361. The genus is referred to the Endromidoe. 
New genera and species : — 
Ceranchiam A. G. Butler, Ann. N. H. (5) ii. p. 461. Allied to Saturnia ; 
type, G. apollinam sp. n., 1. c., Madagascar. 
Gonimhrasiarn id. 1. c. p. 462. Allied to Imhrasia ; typo, G. ohscuram 
sp. n., 1. c., Old Calabar. 
Stibolepis, id. 1. c. p. 463. Allied to Melanothrixm and Sarmalia ; type, 
S. niveam sp. n., 1. c., Old Calabar. 
Attacus perspicuusm id. 1. c. p. 463, Old Calabar ; A.pryerim id. P. Z. S. 
1878, p. 388, Yokohama ; A. rJiomhifer, H. Burmeister, Desc. Rep. Arg. v. 
pi. xxiv. fig. 1, S. America. 
Antherma hillitonensism F. Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 642, Billiton Island. 
Copaxa discrepanSm A. G. Butler, Ann. N. H. (5) ii. p. 461, Old Calabar ; 
C. gemmiferarn id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 387, Ambriz and Lake Nyassa (?). 
Hyperchiria lilithm H. Strecker, Lepidoptera, xv. p. 139, pi. xv. fig. 17, 
Georgia. 
lo superha, H. Burmeister, 1. c. p. 483, pi. xxiv. fig. 2, Tucuman and 
Bolivia. 
A'utbmeris serpina, A. G. Butler, Tr. E. Soo. 1878, p. 76, Sorpa. 
Saturnia said, C. Oberthur, Etudes d’Ent. p. 34, pi. iii. fig. 7, Baga- 
moyo. 
Dirphia consularis (larva figured, pi. xix. fig. 5) and trihunalis, H. Bur- 
meister, 1. c. p. 476 ; D. javarina, A. G. Butler, 1. c. p. 80, Rio Javary. 
Ceratocampa {Dryocampa) hilineata, H. Burmeister, 1. c. p. 495, 
pi. xxiv. fig. 8, Uruguay. 
BoMBYC1DJ3. 
A. G. Butler (111. Lep. Het. ii.) redescribes and figures Cifuna locuples, 
Walk., and his own Trahala cristata, p. 18, pi. xxvii. figs. 6 & 1, Odonestis 
excellens, pi. xxvi. figs. 4 & 6 , spectabilis and superans, pi. xxvii. figs. 3 
& 4, p. 19, and CEJona segregata, p. 20, pi. xxvi. figs. 6 & 7. 
Gastropacha californica, Pack. Habits of larva ; H. Edwards, Rep. 
U. S. Geol. Surv. ix. pp. 807 & 808. 
Bombyx canensis, Mill., noticed by C. Oberthur, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
viii. pp. Ixxxi.-lxxxiii. ; B. quercus, notes on its parthenogenesis, and on 
the difficulty of rearing the larvae, R. Laddiman, Ent. xi. pp. 270 & 271. 
Chondrostega pastrana, Led. Supposed larva described ; O. Staudinger, 
Hor. Ent. Ross. xiv. pp. 355 & 356. 
Clisiocampa sylvatica and americana. The larvae mature in autumn, 
and hybernate in the eggshell, but are very liable to the attacks of a 
species of Trombidium in addition to other parasites ; W. Saunders, 
Canad. Ent. x. pp. 21-23. 
