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England from Kent to Cornwall ; also in Berks, Stafford, and 

 Leicester. It has been recorded from Suffolk, Worcester, 

 Cheshire (one at electric light, Chester, July, 1900), and North 

 Wales. In Ireland it is widely distributed, and is not un- 

 common in Co. Kerry. 



The Snout {Hypena prohoscidalis). 



This species (Plate 35, Fig. 10) is more generally distributed 

 and common than any other of the group. Wherever nettles 

 grow in quantity there we may expect to find this moth in its 

 season, that is, in June and July. In favourable years there is 

 sometimes a second flight, on a small scale, in the autumn ; 

 this was the case in 1905. 



The caterpillar is green, with raised dots, from each of which 

 a brownish hair arises ; the line along the middle of the back 

 is dark, and those along the sides are yellowish ; the head is 

 ochreous brown. It feeds on nettles in May and June. (Plate 

 y]. Fig. 3 ; after Holinann.) 



In Amurland, and some other parts of eastern Asia, the 

 species is represented by the brown-sprinkled yellowish form, 

 var. deleta, Staudinger. 



The Blox worth Snout {Hype7ia obsi tails). 



The fore wings of this species are brown, crossed by a 

 number of darker lines and a thicker angulated line beyond the 

 middle ; the latter is outwardly edged with pale brown, chiefly 

 towards the costa ; some white dots on the veins represent the 

 submarginal line, and below the tips of the wings there are 

 some black streaks. 



One example of this form of the species, which is a variable 

 one, was taken by the Rev. O. Pickard, Cambridge, in 



