HYPHILARA. 15 



The fore-wings are greyish ochreous or reddish ochreous, 

 with whitish nervures, and three conspicuous black dots, the 

 first near the middle of the wing, and the others nearer the 

 hind margin. On the hind margin is a row of very minute and 

 indistinct black dots. The fringes are white. The hind-wings 

 are greyish-brown, paler towards the base, with a dark central 

 lunule, and white fringes. 



The larva feeds on the leaves of various species of Carex. 

 It has a light brown head streaked with darker brown, and a 

 brown collar, bordered with white above, and with dusky beneath. 

 From this collar spring several longitudinal lines; a white 

 dorsal one, then a dull yellow band, and below this a broad 

 pale band, edged with dark brown, and containing two white 

 lines. The spiracles, which are blackish, stand on the lower 

 edge of this band. The ventral surface and the legs are 

 yellowish. It is rather a stout larva, and tapers at the ex- 

 tremity. It is still quite small in the autumn, and is full-grown 

 by the middle of May. The pupa is rather elongated, and of 

 a reddish-brown colour. The Moth generally appears about 

 July. 



GENUS HYPHILARA. 



Mythtmna, pt. Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 78 (1816) ; 

 Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 177 (1825); Guende, 

 Spec. G^n. L^pid. Noct. i. p. 68 (1852); Walker, List 

 Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. ix. p. 72 (1856); nee Hiibner 

 {restr.), 



Hyphilare^ Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 239 (1822 ?). 



The species of this genus are of a deeper colour than those 

 of Leucania, and the fore-wings are broader ; and marked with 

 a white dot in the centre, and with more or less distinct traces 

 of transverse line§. 



