Lepidoptera Family Bombycida Moths
This family contains eleven thick-bodied moths, mostly of large size, in which the predominating colours are greys and browns. Their hind wings are generally paler than the front pair, and less distinctly marked; and the antenna of the males are pectinated.
The caterpillars are very hairy, but the hairs are uniformly distributed, and not arranged in tufts as in the larva of the last family.
The chrysalides are inclosed in silken cocoons, but are not hairy.
We shall briefly examine three of the members of this family.