364. LEFIDOI'TERA. 



Citnus lU. HYPSIPETES. 



Antenuio simple, ciliated ; piilpi slender ; head smooth ; 

 thorax roiii^h with loosely attached tufts of scales, and crested 

 at the back ; abdomen smooth and slender ; fore winjirs 

 rather ovate, the hind margin expanded, vein .j arisini.' in the 

 middle of the cross-l)ar; nsual order of dark bands inverted. 

 Hind wings very plain, elongated but broadly ronuded ; 

 veins 7 and 8 united far down the cell. 



L.-\ii\'.'E somewhat cylindrical, rather short and thick. 



I'rP.K among rubbish on tlie ground. 



A\'e have three species, not always easy to discriminate, 

 especially in their extreme variations. 'J'hi> normal forms 

 may be separated thus : 



A. A pale blotch in the middle of the hind band before 



the subterminal line. //. clnlata. 



A". No such pale blotch. 



B. Fore wings long-ovate : an oblique black streak runs 



into the apex. //. ruhemta. 



B-. Fore wings broad-ovate : several horizontal black 



streaks tinriirtl the apex. 7/. hnplurinta. 



1. H. ruberata, IWi/n- ; literata^ .stand. Vat. — Ex- 

 panse 1] to 1| inch. Fore wings long-ovate ; green-grey or 

 brown-grey, with a broad dark band before the niiddh; and 

 another beyond ; a black streak runs obliquely u]) to the 

 apex. Hind wings smoky-white. 



Antenniuof the male simple, thickly ciliated, black-brown ;. 

 palpi long, porrected. light brown ; face, head, neck-ridge 

 and collar reddish-brown dusted with white : thorax 

 umbreous. similarly dusted, the back crest conspicuously 

 raised: abdomen short and small, whitish-brown; lateral 

 and anal tufts fully formed. l'"ore wings long-ovate ; costa 

 strongly arched ; apex bluntly angulated, almost rounded ; 

 liind margin evenly curved and very full ; dorsal margin a 



