266 LEPIDOPTERA. 



these examples have the hind margin rather full, the female 

 in particular, causing unusual breadth of fore wings and 

 consequently a less pointed apex. The local variations of 

 the present species seem to be extremely curious and definite, 

 and they are the more remarkable in that none of them, so 

 far, seem to point in the smallest degree to the typical form 

 as found on the Continent of Europe. 



Genus 20. ULOCHLiENA. 



Antennae pectinated ; eyes naked and without lashes ; 

 thorax slightly crested at the back ; abdomen without crests ; 

 fore wings short, blunt, very neat in outline and markings ; 

 dorsal margin ciliated and- rolled slightly up ; hind wings 

 broad. 



We have but one species ; another, very similar in size 

 and shape, inhabits the south of Europe. 



1. U. hispida, Tr. — Expanse 1^ to If inch. Fore 

 wings dark umbreous ; nervures, stigmata and transverse 

 lines white ; a white stripe each along the dorsal and 

 hind margins ; hind wings white tinged with grey ; cilia 

 long. 



Antenna? of the male strongly pectinated with rather 

 long, slender, solid teeth which are minutely ciliated and 

 decrease gradually in length to the extreme tip, delicate pale 

 drab or brownish-white ; palpi short, broadly and loosely 

 tufted, blackish- brown ; head strongly tufted, smoky-brown, 

 a white tuft at the base of each antenna, and between them 

 a distinctly protuberant tuft of the head-scales ; collar pale 

 brown, edged with white ; shoulder-lappets white, broadly 

 edged with smoky purplish-brown ; remainder of the thorax 

 pale brown, or smoky brown, with two pairs of tufts at the 

 back forming a double crest, white barred with black-brown ; 

 fascicles creamy-white ; abdomen very pale brown, almost 



