Archive image from page 322 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( 1' NOTODONTIDAE Britain to Boss, Ireland, common; Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 5-7. Larva dull yellowish; an orange transverse band on each segment; nine interrupted blackish lines; head black : on elm, hazel, etc.; 7-9. The imago curiously resembles a piece of stick of which the end has been obliquely cut oft'. 9. SATURNIADAE. Head densely rough-haired. Ocelli absent. Eyes glabrous. Tongue rudimentary. Antennae under |, in 3 strongly bipec- tinated to apex
Archive image from page 322 of A handbook of British lepidoptera. A handbook of British lepidoptera CUbiodiversity1126142 Year: 1895 ( 1' NOTODONTIDAE Britain to Boss, Ireland, common; Europe, WC. and N. Asia; 5-7. Larva dull yellowish; an orange transverse band on each segment; nine interrupted blackish lines; head black : on elm, hazel, etc.; 7-9. The imago curiously resembles a piece of stick of which the end has been obliquely cut oft'. 9. SATURNIADAE. Head densely rough-haired. Ocelli absent. Eyes glabrous. Tongue rudimentary. Antennae under |, in 3 strongly bipec- tinated to apex. Labial palpi very short, hairy. Thorax densely hairy above and beneath. Abdomen hairy. Femora and tibiae densely hairy, posterior tibiae without middle- spurs. Forewings : lb furcate, 5 and 6 closely approximated from upper angle, 7 absent, 8 and 9 out of 10, 11 absent. Hindwings with- out frenulum, la absent, 5 and 6 approximated from upper angle, 7 from § of upper margin, 8 out of cell at base, rapidly diverging, a praecostal spur faintly indicated. A small family, mainly occurring within the tropics, but with a NeurationofSatorniajia-Bonia. few stragglers in temperate climates. The species are all large, and sometimes gigantic, the Indian Attacus atlas measuring ten inches in expanse of wing, and their decoration is often correspondingly magnificent; the single British species is one of the smallest. Imago with body relatively short and stout, forewings broad and large. Ovum flattened-spherical, smooth. Larva stout, with tubercles bearing tufts of scanty hairs. Pupa in a dense firm oval cocoon. 1. Saturnia, Schrk. Characters those of family. A somewhat limited Asiatic genus, extending into Europe and N. Africa. 1. S. pavonia, L. (carpini, SchifF.) 50-80 mm. Forcw:ings whitish or pule ochreous, densely irrorated with blackish-grey, somewhat crimson-mixed ; lines whitish, edged with dark fus-
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