2 LEPIDOPTERA. 



\ Margin of basal blotch angulated. 



D. Face brown or whitish-brown with white palpi. 



H. dcalbana. 



D-. Face and palpi white. 



E. Marking blue-black. H. neglcdana. 

 £2. Markings black, white area softl}^ clouded. H. simjjiana. 

 B^. Basal blotch broken or incomplete. H. opprcssana. 



1. H. ocellana, iSV/wJ.— Expanse i to | inch (12-15 

 mm.). — Fore wings rather broad, somewhat ovate, white 

 with basal blotch and hinder area slate-black. 



Antennas, palpi, and head black-brown ; thorax smoky 

 black, often shaded with white ; abdomen glossy dark brown. 

 Fore wings moderately broad and somewhat ovate, costa not 

 folded and flatly arched, apex blunt; white, softly clouded 

 with grey ; basal blotch large, complete, slate-black, its 

 outer margin curved, or rounded with a very blunt elbow ; 

 at the anal angle is an erect brown-black triangular spot, 

 dotted with black, and usually included in a large curved 

 cloud of blue-black and orange-brown lines, which fills the 

 hinder area from apex to anal angle ; in this is a marginal 

 row of deep black dots ; cilia grey. Hind wings with their 

 cilia smoky black or dark smoky brown. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky black, with white 

 costal dots. Hind wings smok}" black. 



Very variable ; the ground colour of the fore wings in the 

 middle area is sometimes pure white ; on the other hand, it 

 is often so shaded with grey, grey-black, or slate colour, 

 that the entire area is darkened or blackened, or else a white 

 blotch appears only upon the dorsal margin. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva sluggish, rather plump, wrinkled, and with deeply 

 divided segments ; pale liver-colour, or very pale grey-brown; 

 darker when young ; raised dots shining pale grey ; head 

 and back plates shining black ; anterior feet black. 



