CHL OEPHORWyE. 1 79 



2. H. quercana, Schiff.; bicolorana, Stand. Cat.— 

 Expanse, H to If inch. Fore wings very broad, bell-shaped ; 

 bright pea-green, with two oblique slender transverse white 

 lines ; hind wings white. 



Antenna simple, cylindrical, but stouter at the base, downy, 

 pink at the base, shading off to whitish at the apex ; palpi 

 short, bright pink ; head pale reddish, with the upper portion 

 green ; thorax broad, bright pea-green, with a slender yellow 

 stripe across the front extending to the costa of the fore wings ; 

 abdomen tapering, thinly covered with closely appressed 

 white scales. Fore wings very broad, with the costa arched 

 throughout ; the dorsal margin broadly arched at the base, 

 thence straight ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin not 

 very oblique, slightly rounded, with a faint bend or elbow in 

 the middle ; bright pea-green, with two slender, oblique 

 parallel white transverse lines, the first from the dorsal 

 margin near the base to the middle of the costa, the second 

 from the middle of the dorsal margin to the costa a little 

 before the apex ; costal margin edged with yellowish, tinged 

 faintly with red at the base, almost white towards the tip ; 

 cilia silvery -white. Hind wings short and rather small, 

 rounded behind; pure silky-white, with the cilia white. 

 Sexes alike, except that there is, in the female, a faint tinge 

 of yellowish-grey upon the hind wings, especially towards the 

 hind margin. Under side of the fore wings greenish-white ; 

 of the hind wings pure white in the male, greenish-white in 

 the female ; body white ; legs red. Apparently not variable. 



On the wing in July, 



Larva smooth, soft, the third segment raised into a pro- 

 minent hump, from which the body tapers to the tail ; the 

 anal prolegs sprawl backwards, the remaining prolegs are 

 clubbed ; head retractile. Pale green or yellowish-green, the 

 dorsal line pulsating, slightly darker, especially towards the 

 tail, and edged on each side with whitish or yellowish. Sub- 

 dorsal lines only visible on the anterior segments, being super- 

 seded behind these by a series of oblique yellowish lateral 



