LEPIDOP TER A . 263 
(Fig. 309) is very different from that of any other insect 
that occurs in this country. 
The larvae feed upon the leaves of live-oaks, and some¬ 
times occur so abundantly as to almost strip the trees of 
their foliage. They are said to feed singly, and appear to 
make little if any use of the anal feet as a means of loco¬ 
motion, generally carrying the last segment of the body 
elevated in the air. 
Family Notodontid^: (No-to-don'ti-dae). 
The Prominents . 
This family includes moths of moderate size, only a few 
of the larger ones expanding more than two inches. With 
these moths the body is rather stout and densely clothed 
with hair, and the legs, especially the femora, are clothed 
with long hairs. The wings are strong, and not very broad, 
the anal angle of the hind wings rarely reaching the end of 
the abdomen. In their general appearance many of these 
moths bear a strong resemblance to the Owlet Moths or 
Noctuidae; but they can be easily distinguished from the 
Noctuids by the position of vein V a of the fore wings, 
which does not arise nearer to vein VII than to vein III, 
as it does in that family. 
In some species the front wing has a prominence or 
backward - project¬ 
ing lobe on the in¬ 
ner margin, which 
has suggested the 
common name of 
Prominents for 
these insects (Fig. 
310). The name is 
more generally ap¬ 
propriate, however, for the larvae, as a much larger propor¬ 
tion of them than of the adults bear striking prominences. 
Fig. 310 .—Pheosia rimosa • 
