246 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



FAMILY HYBERNIID^E. 



Antennae short, slightly pectinated or ciliated; palpi and 

 proboscis short or rudimentary ; body and legs slender ; wings 

 entire ; fore-wings rather pointed j hind-wings broad, covered 

 by the fore- wings in repose. Female with obsolete or rudimen- 

 tary wings. 



Larva moderately long, smooth and cylindrical ; feeding 

 exposed on trees or shrubs. Pupa short, enclosed in an ovoid 

 cocoon, and subterranean. 



This is a small Family, chiefly European, the species of which 

 appear at the end of autumn, or in very early spring. 



GENUS HYBERNIA. 

 Hybernia^ Latreille, Fam. Nat. p. 477 (1825); Guene'e, Spec, 



Ge'n. Ldpid. Uran. et Phal. ii. p. 249 (1857). 

 Erannis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett p. 320 (1826 ?). 



This is the typical genus of the family. The male has 

 slightly pectinated antennae, and the female is with or without 

 rudimentary wings ; but the abdomen is not tufted. 



THE MOTTLED UMBRE. HYBERNIA DEFOLIARIA. 



Geometra defoliaria, Clerck, Icones, pi. 7, fig. 4 (1759); 



Linnaeus, Faun. Suec. p. 326, no. 1238(1761); Esper, 



( Schmett. v. p. 200, Taf. 36, figs. 1-7 (*795?); Hiibner, 



Eur. Schmett. v. fig. 182 (1800?), fig. 510 (1818). 

 Fidonia defoliaria, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. vi. (i), p. 315 



Hybernia defoliaria^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 155 

 (1831) ; Curtis, Brit. Ent. xv. pi. 703 (1838) ; Kirby, Eur. 

 Butterflies and Moths, p. 315, pi. 44, fig. 4 (1882); 

 Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. vii. pi. 125, figs. 5, 52. 

 (1895)- 



