HYPSID.E, iSl 



fore wings, and an orange body and hind-wings, spotted with 

 black. One or two of the Indian species are red instead of 

 yellow. 



Towards the end of the Family, there are several aberrant 

 genera of small species, allied to Nycteola and Nola, which 

 were originally described as Tortrices, &c. 



FAMILY XVI. HYPSID^E. 



Egg. Not described. 



Larva, With several long slender hairs, hardly agglomerated 

 into tufts, springing from each segment. They feed on dif- 

 ferent species of Ficus. 



Pupa. With the posterior segments rather short and slender j 

 enclosed in a cocoon. 



Imago. Rather stout, the abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind-wings. Antennae simple, or slightly pectinated ; 

 proboscis rather long. Wings long and broad, the fore- wings 

 rather longer than the hind-wings, with the costa curved 

 towards the extremity, the apex more or less rounded off, and 

 the hind-margin not very oblique. Hind-wings generally 

 'onger than broad, the hind-margin gradually curved; sub- 

 costal nervure connected with the costal by a short cross- 

 nervule about the middle of the cell. All the species provided 

 with a stridulating apparatus. 



This small Family is very characteristic of the Indo- and 

 Lustre-Malayan Regions, although represented by several 

 species in Africa and its adjacent islands. The typical species 

 have all much resemblance to one another, and can generally 

 be referred to this Family at a glance. The body, and often 

 more or less of the wings, which average about three inches in 

 expanse, are of varying shades between yellow and orange, and 

 spotted with black ; more or less of the basal area, of the fore- 

 tvings especially, is often thus marked. The fore-wings are 



