Plate XVIII. fig. 1.
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.