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LIMACODES CIPPUS. 
PLATE XXL Fig. 2. 
Phalaena Cippus, Cramer, Pap. Exot., i. pi. 53, fig. E. — Bom- 
byx Cippus, Fabr., Abbot and Smith, Lepid. Georg., ii. pi. 73. 
The generic name (which signifies resembling a 
snail) refers to the appearance of the caterpillar, 
which is one of the most singular of the nocturnal 
Lepidoptera. It is destitute of feet, properly so 
called, their place being supplied merely by a few 
protuberances ; and along the under side of the 
body there is a soft pliable membrane, always co- 
vered with a kind of glutinous matter, by means of 
which and the aid of the protuberances the creature 
is enabled to slide rather than creep over the surface 
of a body. The back appears composed of three 
parts, the intermediate of which is separated from 
the others by a kind of keel, and is oval, a little 
pointed at both ends ; the lateral parts projecting a 
little beyond the edges of the body, properly so 
called, and forming a kind of ledge when viewed 
from below. The head is entirely retractile, and 
concealed under a circular portion of the ledge 
alluded to, which hangs over it like a kind of hood. 
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