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ERCTA TIPULALIS. 

 (Plate CLIL, Fig. 7.) 



Ercta tipuMis, Walker, op. cit. p. 426, no. i (1859); Lederer, 

 op. cit. p. 424, Taf. 15, fig. 15 (1863). 



This species is found in Haiti. 



" Brownish cinereous, whitish beneath. Wings with black 

 marginal points ; fore-wings fawn-colour along the costa and 

 along the exterior border ; an irregular blackish stripe extending 

 from the base to the tips at a little in front of the middle; 

 orbicular mark forming a blackish dot ; reniform indicated by 

 a curved whitish black-bordered streak ; a broad whitish 

 nearly hyaline stripe along the interior border. Hind-wings 

 whitish, nearly hyaline, with a slight testaceous tinge along the 

 exterior border, and with a black marginal point. Length of 

 the body, five lines ; of the wings, nine lines " ( Walker). 



GENUS NYMPHULA. (Hydrocampida). 



Nymphula, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. (2), p. 162 (1802); 



Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 362 (1826?); Treitschke, 



Schmett. Eur. vii. p. 127 (1829). 

 Nausinoe y Hiibner, op. cit. p. 363 (1826 ?). 

 Hydrocampct) Latreille, Fam. Nat. p. 478 (1825); Guende, 



Spec. Gen. Lpid. Belt, et Pyr. p. 273 (1854); Lederer, 



Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 451 (1863). 



The moths belonging to this genus and its allies are rather 

 small, with long slender bodies, oblong fore-wings, and rounded 

 hind-wings, with sharply-defined white, brown, and yellowish 

 markings. They are called " China Marks " by collectors. 

 The larvae, which are rather stout, with a small retractile head, 

 feed on water-lilies, and live under the leaves in a case 

 Composed of two pieces of leaf. 



