288. 



HYPENA CRASSALIS. 



The beautiful Snout. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidae Curt. Pyralites JLat. 



Type of the Genus, Pyralis proboscidalis Linn. 



Hypena Schr., Treit. — Herminia Lat., Leach, Sam. — Cramhus Fab., 

 Haw. — Pyralis Linn., Hub. 



Antennae setaceous, alike in both sexes, inserted on the crown 

 of the head close to the eyes (7*1), composed of numerous sub- 

 turbinate joints, clothed with scales above, pilose beneath (1). 

 Labrum small and triangular. 

 Mandibles distinct, internally very pilose. 



MaxillcB spiral, as long as the antennae and very slender, a con- 

 siderable portion of the extremity furnished with glands (3). 

 Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, much longer than the head, 

 compressed, very thickly clothed with scales (4), triarticulate, 

 basal joint short curved, 2nd very long, thickest at the base, ex- 

 cept at the union, 3rd joint recurved, perpendicular, longer than 

 the 1st, very slender and pointed (4 a). 

 Head sometimes vnth a conical tuft of scales projecting horizontally. 

 Eyes large globose. Thorax 7iot large. Abdomen rather slender, 

 conical in the females. Wings ample, forming a triangle when at 

 rest, superior subtrigonate, acute, the anterior margin nearly straight. 

 Legs rather long. Coxae ; anterior very long. Thighs very slender. 

 Tibiae ; anterior short, producing an internal spine, the others spurred, 

 the posterior having two pair of spurs. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint 

 the longest, but shorter than the tibice, 5 th the shortest. Claws and 

 Pulvilli minute (8, afore leg). 

 Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 6 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 



Cbassalis Fab. Ent. Syst. 3 pars 2. p. 222. n. 349. 



Dirty white. Head palpi and thorax brownish, the latter with 

 the tips of the scales darker. Superior wings with a large sub- 

 trigonate deep brown spot margined with white reaching from 

 the base beyond the middle, but not to the interior margin which 

 is slightly carneous, upon it are two black dots ; towards the 

 posterior margin is a curved row of 8 black dots edged externally 

 with white j the apex is fuscous with an oblique brown stripe j 

 the margin and cilia are spotted. Abdomen and inferior wings 

 fuscous cinereous. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



