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178 The oval form of the body, and general appearance, make these larvæ somewhat to resemble an Oniscus, on which account they are named Chenilles-cloportes by French authors.

In the perfect insects the antennæ 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; maxillæ 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 deflexed; anterior elongate, subtrigonate, posterior margins rounded; legs very stout and short; thighs and tibiæ with a broad fringe of hairs; anterior tibiæ 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 longitudinally, on the surface of each; hinder wings light brown, without spots. Head and thorax of the same colour as the ground of the upper wings, and the abdomen like that of the under pair. The caterpillar (fig. 1) inclines to purple on the sides, each of which has three longitudinal yellow