86 The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe. 



pale yellow and black markings. The hind- wings are 

 grey, shading lighter at the base. It makes its appear- 

 ance in the spring, and is very commonly found in 

 dwelling-houses or surrounding out-houses in the evening. 

 The larva is green, with a white stripe on the sides. 



HYPENA LIVIDALIS. 



A smaller moth than the last specimen described. 

 The fore -wings are olive-brown, violet-grey towards the 

 margins. The two colours are separated by an oblique 

 whitish line from the apex to the middle of the inner 

 margin. The hind-wings are grey, shading off lighter to 

 the base, and are veined with brown. It is not an 

 English species, but is very commonly found in Tene- 

 riffe, on rough ground, among cactus, &c., in the early 

 spring, at no great distance from the coast. It inhabits 

 South Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. 



OMPHACODES DIVINCTA. 



Plate IV.— Fig. 7. 

 A pretty little sea-green moth (geometra) found in 

 South Africa, but very rarely met with in Teneriffe. It 



