r 82 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



usually light brown, longitudinally lined or streaked with white, 

 and the hind-wings are white or yellow, spotted with black, 

 and frequently bordered with black. 



They have been divided into several genera ; but all bear a 

 strong family likeness to each other. They have been dis- 

 cussed by various authors, some of whom have regarded them 

 as only a Sub-family of the Lithosiida ; but they are usually 

 treated as an independent Family. 



GENUS HYPSA. 



Hypsa, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 172 (1822 ?) ; Walker, 

 List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 444 (1854); Butler, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 315; Meyrick, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2) i. p. 766 (1886); Snellen, 

 Tijdschr. Ent. xxxi. pp. 116, 122 (1888). 



In this genus the antennae are slightly pectinated in the male, 

 and set with short bristles in the female. The third joint of 

 the palpi is shorter than the second. The fore-wings are rather 

 narrow, and somewhat obtuse at the tips, and usually mouse- 

 coloured, with a white stripe running from the base, which is 

 orange, spotted with black and white. The hind-wings are 

 white, with a brown border, and the body is orange, spotted 

 with black. This type is H. silvandra (Cramer) from the 

 coast of Coromandel. I have figured an allied species, which 

 was mistaken for the true H. silvandra by Walker. 



HYPSA CLAVATA. 



(Plate LXXXIX. Fig. I.) 



Hypsa silva?idra (pt.), Walker (nee Cramer), List Lepid. Ins. 



Brit. Mus. ii. p. 450, no. 7 (1854). 

 Hypsa clavata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 317. 



This species measures about 2^ inches across the wings. 

 The body is orange, spotted with black. The antennae are 



