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ENDROMIS *, Ocusennemmer. DORVILLIA, Leacu. 
LLLP PPP 
This fine genus is distinguished by its large, subdiaphanous, variegated wings, of which the great median 
vein emits four branches, by which it may at once be separated from all the adjacent genera, as well as from 
Saturnia and Aglia (with which last it is united by Boisduval into a separate tribe under the name of Endromides). 
The antennz are bipectinated in both sexes. There is no lobe on the hind margin of the fore wings. The parts 
of the mouth are extremely minute, and hidden by hairs. 
The caterpillar is sphingiform, being attenuated in front, naked, and fleshy, with a conical protuberance 
at the extremity of the body. The sides of its body are obliquely streaked, but the streaks run towards the 
head ; whereas in the Sphingidz they run in the-opposite direction. The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon formed 
of leaves on the ground, 
SPECIES 1.—ENDROMIS VERSICOLOR. Purare XVI., Fie. 1-8. 
Synonymes.— Phal. Bomb. versicolor, Linneus ; Wilkes, pl. 89; | Brit. Ent. pl. 434; Duncan, Brit. Moths, pl. 16, fig. 3. (Endromis v.) 
Donovan, vol. 5, pl. 158; Neale in Ent. Trans. vol. i. pl. 9; Curtis, | Wood, Ind. Ent., pl. 6, fig. 38. 
This beautiful insect varies from 25 to 3 inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of an orange 
brown colour, or fawn-buff, having a rather bent white stripe across near the base, edged behind with black ; 
then a <-like black mark at the extremity of the discoidal cell, followed by a very much bent white stripe, 
edged before with black, and followed by several whitish patches, of which three are more conspicuous near the 
tip of the wings. The hind wings have a dark, angulated mark in the middle, and a pale bar beyond the middle, 
edged in front with black and behind with brown, which latter colour is angulated. The female is less richly 
coloured than the male. 
The caterpillar is green, with a yellow lateral line on the anterior segments, and paler oblique ones at the side 
of the others. It feeds on birch, beech, lime, hazel, &c., in June and July, and the moth appears in April flying 
with great rapidity in woods. It is found in the woods of Kent, whence its English name, and other parts of 
the south of England. It has also been captured in Suffolk and Shropshire. 

DISPHRAGIS+, Hisner. DILOBA, Boispuvar. EPISEMA, Srepuens, nec Bov. 
Oot 

This genus differs by having the two terminal branches of the median vein, and the single longitudinal one 
which arises from the vein which closes the discoidal cell, originating close together, so as almost to radiate from 
a point. The antenne are long, bipectinated in the males and simple in the females; the fore wings are 
destitute of a lobe on the hind margin; the thorax is crested, the palpi are elongated, and the tongue is short. 
The caterpillar is fleshy, marked with numerous small, black, setigerous tubercles. The chrysalis is enclosed in 

* This name was used by Martial fora rough, hairy dress, and alludes to the abdomen of the perfect moth. 
+ Named from the Greek, in allusion to the double mark on the wing. 

