150 CARADRININA [hypenodes 



5. Hypenodes, Gn. 



Head loosely scaled, with small frontal tuft. Antennae in 



$ ciliated. Palpi very long, 



^^_.^_;:::::^^^2^^^^ poiTccted, second joint thickened 



^^-;;:::^^;;;^^^^:^^^^-<^::::^^^^— -^ with I'ough projecting scales, 



•i ^^^^^^""^ _- ^-<r=^^- 7 terminal rather short, cylindrical. 



\^^;~-;-:^^j;^---.^Tr^~~~^~-^^^^^ Thorax with appressed scales. 

 ^~~~~~~--~^^^^^^;iIl;::;:;;--^^ Abdomen with small crest near 



base. Tibiae smooth - scaled. 

 V^^ Forewings : 7 separate, 9 and 10 



V"" it^' out of 8. Hindwings : 5 parallel 



"'""' tg) to 4. 

 Forewing and head of ir?/pc«ote Although consisting of very 



coshstrigahs. . ^ , . ^ . ■, '' 



lew species, this genus is almost 

 universally distributed. Imago with forewings unusually 

 elongate. Larva without prolegs on 7 and 8. 



Forewings with a dark suffusion beyond discal spot 



1. costistrigalis. 

 ,, without such suffusion . . 2. alhistruialis. 



1. H. costistrigalis, Stph. 18-19 mm. Forewings whitish- 

 ochreous mixed with brown and dark fuscous, lighter dorsally ; 

 a fine black dash beneath costa at base; first line partly 

 blackish -marked, dentate; second line oblique, irregular, 

 partly marked with dark fuscous and edged posteriorly with 

 whitish ; a small blackish discal spot, connected with second 

 line by a dark fuscous suffusion ; subterminal line indistinctly 

 pale. Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; a grey discal dot. 



England to Cumberland, local ; C. Europe ; 7, 8. Larva 

 dark purple - brown ; dorsal line slightly paler; subdorsal 

 obscurely pale, blackish-edged beneath ; sides more ochreous : 

 on flowers of Thymus (in captivity only, natural food un- 

 known) ; 7, 8. 



2. H. albistrigalis, ZTw. 1 7-20 mm. Forewings brown; a fine 

 black dash beneath costa at base ; first line partly blackish- 

 marked, dentate; second blackish, posteriorly whitish -edged, 

 towards costa indistinct, on lower half straight and conspicuous ; 

 an indistinct dark fuscous discal spot, posteriorly pale -edged ; 

 subterminal line indistinctly pale. Hindwings light grey. 



England to York, local ; France ; 6, 7. 



6. BOMOLOCHA, Hh. 



Characters of Hypena, but eyes ciliated. 



