PYllALID.E. HYPENA. 11 



rounded behind, and the disc bearing a large dark blotch, in which 

 are elevated tufts of scales. 



A. Palpi large, with the terminal joint ascending: anterior wings somevrhaX 

 falcate, or slightly emarginate at the apex. 



a. Anterior wings with transverse dark streaks and destitute of elevated bundles 

 of scales: — Macrochilo, p. Hiib. 



Sp. 1. proboscidalis. Alts grisescentibus, strigis duabus fuscoferrugineis, 

 serieque extern "t punctorum albidorum. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 8 lin. — 2 unc) 



Ph. Py. proboscidalis. Linnc. — Hy. proboscidalis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 157. 

 No. 6757. — Snout Eggar likeness. Harris, Aur. pi. 3\.f.f — /(. 



Reddish-brown ; anterior wings rusty-griseous, with two dari< rusty-brown 

 streaks, one incurved before the middle, followed by a second behind the 

 middle, the intermediate space, especially adjoining the streaks, being darker 

 than the rest of the wing; behind this, about midway between it and the 

 posterior margin, is a rather indistinct repanded streak, not reachhig the 

 costa, towards whicli it is bounded with from six to ten whitish spots ; 

 near the apex of the hinder marghi is a fuscous cloud, terminated by an 

 oblique streak at the tip ; posterior wings plain brown : cilia greyish-ash ; 

 those on the anterior wings sometimes clouded with a lighter and darker 

 tint. 



Caterpillar pale greenish, with a few whitish dots : it feeds on the nettle, plan- 

 tain, &c. ; in April and May, and from the end of June to the middle of 

 August, the imago is abundant among nettles. 



Very abundant in gardens, hedges, &c. in the neighbourhood of 

 London, Hertford, Ripley, &c. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. 

 " Monkswood." — C. C. Bahingtoii, Esq. " Ravelstone Wood, near 

 Edinburgh." — Rev. W. Little. " Bottisham-common."''' — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. " Meldon Park, Newcastle, Keswick, Sec." — G. Wailes, 

 Esq. 



B. Anterior wings adorned with elevated bundles of scales ; — Hypena, Hiib. 



"tSp. 2. obesalis .'' " Alls {anticis) acutis subretusis griseo-cincreis macula 

 magna nigra, costaliante strigam, elevatam obsoleta7n transversam unideniaiam 

 pullam, ynedio." (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.) 



Py. obesalis. Treitschke ?— Hy. obesalis } Steph. Catal. ii. 157. No. 6758. 



Greatly allied to the following; anterior wings griseous-ash, with a large 

 black spot, in which are some elevated dark scales, on the costa, reaching 

 from the base to the middle of the wing, but attenuated towards the former, 

 and adjoining a dark obscure, elevated, transverse, unidentatc streak : on 



