50 ])r. T. A. Chapman on 



absolutely with Phycitincs in the develoj^ment, so char- 

 acteristic of them, of tubercle III. of 12th segment, and 

 shows an alliance with them, in the tendency to a similar 

 development on the thoracic segments, but differs in this 

 affecting tubercle II. of 3rd segtnent slightly, and of 4th 

 segment strongly, instead of tubercle 111. (?) of 3rd seg- 

 ment as in Phycitines. 



The skin texture and markings, the plications of the 

 thoracic subsegments, and the arrangement of the crochets 

 of prolegs are those of Phycitincs, and not of PyraliMcs, at 

 least of the typical genera with which I am acquainted. 



The pupa has no character to distinguish it from Phyci- 

 tincs, unless it be that the second leg does not so fully 

 reach up to the maxillary palpus, and that the prothoracic 

 piece is often lost on dehiscence, and not the head piece, 

 which is usually carried away in Phycitiyics. 



The facies of the imago is certainly not that of a Phyci- 

 tine, but is rather Pyraustine. 



New suljfamily : HYPOTIANM. 



OceUi absent, proboscis fairly developed, maxillary palpi very 

 short. Forewings triangular, not folded. Vein la absent, lb simple, 

 Ic indicated, 7 absent. Hindwing : line of hairs below, not on 

 lower margin of cell, 4 and 5, widely separate, 6 and 7 sometimes 

 separate, sometimes shortly stalked, 8 free. Frenulum simple in 

 both sexes. Larva with ocelli round tubercle II. of segment 4, and 

 tubercle III. of segment 12 (head = 1st). 



Hypotia, Zell. Characters of subfamily. 



Hypotia coriicalis, Schiff., s. v. 



This very pretty little moth is beautifully figured by 

 Milliere.* He figures also a larva, which may be that of 

 H. corticalis, though he says it feeds on Puphorhia spinosa. 

 One remark he makes is noteworthy, viz., that the larva 

 much resembles that of a Phycitinc {Nephopt. diviscUa, 

 Dup.). The figure of the larva is poor, and the description 

 meagre, and not recotjnizable, even if it belongs to this 

 species. In the Stettiner Zeitung for 1882 Baron v, 

 Nolcken relates how Milliere pointed out to him larva} in 



* Iconograpliie, pi. 82. 



