SYNEDA. 



135 



half the length from the base, with two brown spots. Hind- 

 wings white towards the base, and with the cilia partly white. 

 Length of the body, six lines and a half; of the wings, fifteen 

 lines " ( Walker). 



FAMILY BOLINID.^. 



These are moderate-sized Moths, with oblong fore-wings 

 generally marked with pale transverse or oblique lines, and 

 rounded hind-wings more or less marked with white or yellow. 

 The markings are usually sharply defined. One or two species 

 are South European, but the greater number are exotic, and 

 chiefly North American. 



GENUS SYNEDA. 



Sy?ieda, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. iii. p. 71 (1S52); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 1167 (1857). 



The antenuc'e are short and filiform, but slightly thickened 

 in the male. The palpi are short, thick, and ascending, with 

 the last joint expanded. The thorax is densely scaled, and 

 the abdomen rather slender. The wings are entire and 

 rounded, with long fringes, and sharply-defined markings, the 

 fore- and hind-wings being differently coloured. 



The larvae are stout, smooth, and cylindrical, with sixteen 

 legs, and feed on low plants. The pup^e are pointed at the 

 extremity. 



SYNEDA SOCIA. 



[Plate CXXX., Fig. 7.) 



Syfieda soda, Behr, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 27 (1870). 



This is a pretty Californian species, which expands from an 



inch and a quarter to nearly an inch and three-quarters. The 



fore-wings are brown, with the lines black ; the half-Hne is 



curved, and sometimes preceded by a grey spot at the base ; 



the first line is twice strongly angulaled inwards, and the central 



