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Sophronia emortualis, H. Cooke, Intell. v. p. 123 (1859) ; 



Stainton, Entom. Ann. 1860, p. 132; Birks, Intell. ix. 



p. 28 (1860) ; Doubl. List, p. 37. 

 Zanclognatha emortualis, South, Syn. List, p. 11 ; Leech, 



Brit. Pyral. p. 3, pi. i. fig. 8 (1886). 



Expanse, 1 in. 3 lines. Light yellowish olive. The fore wings are traversed 

 by two whitish lines, the first almost straight, the second curved and 

 continued across the hind wings ; between the lines on fore wings is a short 

 whitish lunulated line. 



Distribution. — Central Europe; Sweden; Livonia; Pied- 

 mont ; Dalmatia : Ural ; Amur. 



Note. — Stephens described this insect in 1834, but his 

 description does not appear to be very accurate. He remarks, 

 "A specimen is in the cabinet of W. Swainson, Esq.; and I 

 possess one captured in Devonshire." Wood's figure (768) of 

 emortualis, in the Westwood edition of the 'Index Entomologicus,' 

 is suggestive of derivalis, rather than the species it is said to 

 represent. Altogether there seems to have been some hesitation 

 on the part of British entomologists with regard to the right of 

 emortualis to a place in our lists ; and it was not until the year 

 1859 that anything further was heard of the species. In the year 

 last mentioned, Mr. H. Cooke recorded and described a specimen 

 which had been taken by Mr. Pocock in Brighton, on the 18th of 

 June, 1858. In the year following, the Rev. B. H. Birks, of 

 Stonor, Henley-on-Thames, took a specimen at sugar on the 

 12th of July. These are the only records of the capture of this 

 species in Britain that I can find. 



HYPENLDiE. 

 Hypena obsitalis, Hiibn. (PI. IV. fig. 9.) 



BEIT. KEF. : — \. 



Hypena obsitalis, Cambridge, Entom. xviir p. 265 (woodcut), 

 (1884) ; P. Dors. N. H. S. vi. pi. iii. ; Leech, Pyral. p. 7, 

 pi. xiii. fig. 7 (1886). 



Expanse, 1 in. 3 lines. Fore wings broad, pointed at the tips. Brown, with 

 numerous fine transverse darker lines ; beyond the middle is a thicker dark 

 angulated line, edged externally with pale brown, especially near the costa ; 

 subrnarginal line represented by some minute white dots placed on the 

 nervules, and there are some black longitudinal streaks below apex. The 

 stigmata are black, but hardly well defined. Hind wings fuscous-brown, 

 venation and central lunule darker. 



Var. a. — Expanse, 1 in. 5 lines. Fore wings pale reddish brown, without 

 fine transverse lines ; the angulated line is preceded by a broad triangular 

 blackish patch enclosing the stigmata ; a smaller blackish patch on the outer 

 margin below apex. 



Larva bright yellowish green, with a dark dorsal and pale 

 subdorsal lines. Feeds in May on Parietaria (pellitory), Leech. 



Distribution. — Southern Europe; Carniola; N. W. Asia 

 Minor ; Cyprus ; Syria ; Armenia ; Algiers and N. Morocco ; 

 Canaries ; England, 



