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The elegant ITypena, H. elegantalis (plate 1, fig. 2). It is an inch in width 

 across the expanded wings, and of a bluish gray color, sprinkled with innumerous 

 tawny atoms. Across the middle of its fore wings is a broad wavy tawny yellow 

 band, edged posteriorly with a black line. This band is widened in its middle, 

 where it incloses a large cream white spot having a black dot on its inner part. 

 Forward of this, towards the base, is a narrow wavy tawny yellow band. On the 

 apical pajt of the wing is a large pale tawny cloud, around a gray patch upon the 

 apex. On the hind margin is a narrow tawny band, edged on eacli side by a black 

 line, the inner line regularly undulated. The fringe is white with black alterna- 

 tions. The hind wings have a black central dot in a broad whitish band which is 

 edged on each side with tawny brown lines, and behind this is an irregular tawny 

 yellow band. The hind margin is marked the same as that of the fore wings, and 

 the outer or anterior margin is white. 



Syringing or showering hop vines with strong soap suds or 

 with a solution of oil-soap in the proportion of two pounds of 

 the soap to about fifteen gallous of water is the only remedy 

 which I have seen mentioned for ridding them of the Hypena 

 worms. 



[Supplementary note to page 220. The dry leaf, forming a wheel or whirlgig on 

 the ends of the twigs of the button-wood or sycamore in the winter season, noticed 

 as being perhaps drawn into this position by plant-lice or some other insect. I 

 since find to be the natural leafy bract or stipule of the twig, which upon withering 

 in autumn separates and surrounds the twig, forming the revolving wheel or collar 

 alluded to. It is certainly quite a curiosity, which I do not observe noticed in any 

 of our botanical works.] 



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