256 Lloyd's natural history. 



The hind-wings are pale ashy-grey, shaded with blackish- 

 brown on the hind margin, with a faint dark mark at the anal 

 angle, divided by a small whitish streak. All the fringes are 

 ashy-grey chequeied with whitish. 



The Dusky Marbled Brown. 



The larva is smooth, green, with a pale dorsal line and 

 yellow lateral lines. On the back are several pairs of rusty 

 red marks. 



It feeds on poplar {Popilus nigra). 



The pupa is shining brownish-black, and is enclosed in a 

 dull yellow cocoon between leaves. 



GENUS HOPLITIS. 



Hoplitis, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 147 (1822 ?) ; Walker, 



List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. v. p. 989 (1855). 

 Hybocampa, Lederer, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, ii. p. 78 



(1853). 



The type of this genus is a very conspicuous European Moth, 

 which does not occur in England. 



The body is stout, very pilose, and longer than the hind- 

 wings ; the antennae are pectinated nearly to the tips in the 



