Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Bombycidæ.
Genus. Limacodes? Latr. Apoda, Haworth. Heterogenea, Knoch. Phalæna Bombyx, Linn.
Limacodes? Arenacea. Lutea, alis superioribus supra atomis nigris adspersis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Bombyx) arenacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 828. No. 65.
Habitat: Cape of Good Hope.
Upper Side. Antennæ pectinated, and of a yellow clay colour. The head and thorax yellow, but covered over with hairs in such manner that the former cannot be distinguished. The abdomen, superior and inferior wings yellow. On the anterior wings appear some very minute black spots scattered thereon in a very irregular manner. The wings are entire.
Under Side. The thighs, breast, and abdomen are very hairy. The superior and inferior wings of the same yellow colour as on the upper side, without a mark of any kind.
This insect appears most nearly to approach the genus Limacodes, Latr.
SATURNIA CECROPIA.
Plate [XVIII]. fig. 2.