J 88 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



CALYMMA QUINQUALIS. 

 (Plate CXLV., Fig. 5.) 



Dickroima quinqualis, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 15, no 4 (1858). 



This Moth is found in Java. 



" Male. Dark brown. Abdomen luteous. Fore-wings with 

 the exterior line fawn-colour, double, undulating, connected 

 with a pale fawn-coloured patch by the interior angle, and with 

 a broad curved, irregular streak of the same hue by the tip ; 

 marginal lunules black. Hind-wings luteous, with a broad 

 blackish border, the latter attenuated towards the interior angle, 

 which it does not reach. Length of the body, five lines ; of 

 the wings, twelve lines " ( Walker], 



GENUS HYPENA. 



Hypena, Schrank, Fauna Boica(2) ii. p. 163 (1802); Treitschke, 

 Schmett Eur. vii. p. 21 (1829); Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. 

 Delt. et Pyr. p. 21 (1858); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. 

 Mus. xvi. p. 21 (1858). 



This is a very extensive genus, well represented in many parts 

 of the world. The antennae are long and slender, fasciculated in 

 the male, and slightly ciliated in the female. The palpi are 

 long, thick, and scaly. The wings are generally of dull colours, 

 broad, and more or less pointed at the tips ; and are furnished 

 with small tufts of raised scales. 



The larvae, which feed on low plants, are long, cylindrical. 

 and multiform, and the first pair of pro-legs is wanting. The 

 pupae are enclosed in silken cocoons among leaves or moss. 



We have three species of this genus in Britain, which are 

 called " Snouts," in allusion to their long beak-like palpi. There 



