514 NOCTUID®. 
base, the ante- and postmedial lines strongly defined by silvery 
white. Hind wing pure white. 
Ab. 1. ¢. Fore wing without pink on costal area towards apex, 
the inner margin yellow. 
Ab. 2. ¢. Fore wing with the postmedial line pink. 
Ab. 3. Q. Almost wholly white. 
Hab. Briratn; Francr, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, & 
Leech Colls.; Avsrrra; Huneary ; Swirzertanp; Iracy; Russia, 
Sarepta; W. Sreprra; E. Siperza, Amurland; Japan, Oiwake, 
1 9, Chinzenji (Lewis), 1 9, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 g. Exp. 
34-46 millim. 
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 36; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 176, pl. 64. f. 5. 
Pale green irrorated with yellow; subdorsal line yellow; 2nd 
somite red in front. Food-plants: Oak, Beech, Hazel, etc. 7-9. 
The imago makes a stridulatory noise when flying. 
6883. Hylophila sylpha. 
Hylophila sylpha, Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. iii. p- 10, pl. 43. f. 10 (1879); 
Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362. 
Head and thorax pale yellow-green, shading to white on meta- 
thorax; palpi white tinged with ochreous; antenne ochreous ; 
pectus and legs white, the femora tinged with green, the fore tibie 
and tarsi ochreous; abdomen white. Fore wing pale yellow-green 
irrorated with white, the costa and inner margin except towards 
base ochreous tinged with pink; antemedial line white, defined on 
outer side by green, very oblique from below costa beyond the cell 
to ycin 1 near base ; postmedial line white, defined on inner side 
by green, very oblique from costa near apex to inner margin beyond 
middle; the termen and cilia white tinged with pink. Hind wing 
pure semihyaline white. 
Hab. Javan, Tokio (Fenton), 2 2, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 
246,39 type. Ewp. 40-44 millim. 
Genus PARHYLOPHILA, nov. 
Type, P. celsiana. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle 
of frons and moderately scaled, the 5rd moderate ; frons smooth; eyes large, 
round; antenns of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed 
and without crests; tibis moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with large 
crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the termen excised below apex and 
excuryed at middle ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper 
angle; 7, 8,9 stalked; 10,11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle 
of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
*6884. Parhylophila celsiana. 
Chloephora celsiana, Stand, Rom. Mém. iii. p. 177, pl. 10. f. 1 (1887); 
id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362. 
Head and tegule white ; palpi brown at sides; antenne brown; 
