LIMACODES CIPPUS. 
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The oval form of the body, and general appearance, 
make these larvas somewhat to resemble an Oniscus, 
on which account they are named Chenilles-cloportes 
by French authors. 
In the perfect insects the antennae of the males 
are simple, stout, and compressed, rather serrated, 
pilose at the apex ; those of the females slender, a 
little serrated towards the apex, which is acute. 
Head of moderate size, and very hairy; maxillae 
obsolete; palpi short, and densely covered with 
scales, triarticulate, basal joint short, second as long 
as the other two, robust, the terminal one the 
length of the first, slender and subfusiform. Thorax 
and abdomen both rather robust, the latter a little 
tufted at the extremity in both sexes: wings de- 
flexed ; anterior elongate, subtrigonate, posterior 
margins rounded ; legs very stout and short ; thighs 
and tibiae with a broad fringe of hairs ; anterior 
tibiae simple, the rest with spines at the apex. * 
The pretty little species figured at 2, measures 
about an inch between the tips of the wings. Ground 
colour of the superior wings brown, with several 
deltoid green spots, arranged somewhat longitudi- 
nally, on the surface of each ; hinder wings light 
brown, without spots. Head and thorax of the 
same colour as the ground of thonpper wings, and 
the abdomen like that of the under pair. 
Tho caterpillar (fig. 1) inclines to purple on the 
sides, each of which has three longitudinal yellow' 
Stephens’ Illus. Ilaust. 
