HULODES. l6l 



Hylodes, Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. p. 462 (1894), 

 nom. prceocc. 



This genus includes the largest species of the family. They 

 are duUcoloured moths, with shaggy hair, the costa of the 

 fore-wings arched before the tip, and the hind margins more 

 or less denticulated or excavated. 



The larva has sixteen legs, with the first pair of pro-legs 

 rudimentary. 



HULODES CARANEA. 

 {Plate CXI.., Fig. 2.) 



Noctiia caranea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 269, figs. E, F 



(1780). 

 Hulodes caranea, Guenee, Spec. Gen. l.dpid. Noct. iii. p. 208 



(1852); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 1335, 



no I (1858); Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, iii. p. 155, pi. 166, 



figs. 3, 3 a ;pl. 167, fig. 6 (1885). 

 Hylodes caratiea, Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. p. 462, 



fig. 260 (1894). 



This species is found throughout India, Ceylon, and the 

 IndoMalayan Islands generally. It expands from two inches 

 and three-quarters to three inches and a quarter. 



It is light umber-brown, with sparsely scattered dark brown 

 scales. The wings have a pale grey marginal border, in the 

 male extending from the apex of the fore-wings to the anal 

 angle of the hind-wings, with a straight, well-defined edge, 2nd 

 bordered by a slender brownish line. The female has two 

 dark brown sub-marginal lines, the inner one being very broac. 



According to Thwaites and Moore the larva feeds on 

 Acanthads. It is olive-green above, paler beneath, with greyish- 

 white blotches, and a band of confluent blackish speckles on 

 the back and sides. 



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