THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XVII.] DECEMBEE, 1884. [No. 259. 



A NEW BRITISH DELTOID, HYPENA OBSITALIS, Hub. 



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Hypena obsitalis, Hiib. 



On the 21st of September last, I captured a moth unknown 

 to me, at rest on a door jamb in my flower- garden. It was 

 evidently a Hypena, but quite distinct from either of our known 

 British species. My old friend, Mr. F. Bond, has kindly com- 

 pared it with specimens in the British Museum collections, and 

 determined it to be Hypena obsitalis, Hiib., not before recorded 



as British. 



O. P. Cambkidgk. 

 Bloxworth, Blandford, Dorset, Nov. 10, 1884. 



[From Hypena rostralis, which is our nearest allied species, 

 H. obsitalis differs considerably in having somewhat longer 

 anterior wings, which are pointed and more mottled with black 

 than in H. rostralis. The best character for identification is 

 the angular or elbowed line across each anterior wing in 

 H. obsitalis; these wings are brown, and in addition to the black 

 markings already mentioned, are some of an obscure pale yellow 

 colour. In our collections this addition to our fauna will 

 follow H. rostralis. The figure above is taken from a Conti- 

 nental example of Hypena obsitalis formerly in the possession 



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