July, and the moth was produced on the 31st. The cocoon is almost globose. The name Pithecium has been suggested by the uncouth figure of the larva, which the author just mentioned likewise calls the Bat-caterpillar.
HYPERCOMPA? SYBARIS.
PLATE XXIII. Fig. 1.
This beautiful insect is evidently closely allied to Hypercompa dominula, agreeing therewith in the arrangement of the wing-veins[1], palpi, spiral tongue, and short spurs on the hind legs. The specimen figured by Cramer is a male, having the antennæ shortly bipectinated; that here represented is a female, with slender setaceous antennæ, each joint emitting a very short fine seta beneath.
The confines of the families Arctiidæ, Lithosiidæ, and Tineidæ are so close, that it is impossible in
- ↑ There is a slight difference in the branch of the post-coital vein, which runs to the apex of the fore wings, being simple in Sybaris, whereas it is furcate in Dominula. The shape of the wings is also different.
