514 NOCTUTI)^, 



base, the ante- and postmedial lines strongly defined by silvery 

 white. Hind wing piire white. 



Ab. 1. ^ . Fore wing without pink on costal ai^ea towards apex, 

 the inner margin yellow. 



Ab. 2. c? . Fore wing with the postmedial line pink. 



Ab. 3. 2 • Almost wholly white. 



Hab. Britain ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, & 

 Leech Colls. ; Aitsteia ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; Italy ; IIxjssia, 

 Sarepta ; W. Siberia ; E. Siberia, Amurland ; Japan, Oiwake, 

 1 2 , Chinzenji (Leivis), 1 $ , Yokohama {Pryer), 1 J • ^'W- 

 34-46 millira. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 36; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 176, pi. 64. f. 5. 



Pale green irrorated with yellow; subdorsal line yellow; 2nd 

 somite red in front. Food-plants : Oak, J3ecch, Hazel, etc, 7-9. 

 The imago makes a stridulatory noise when flying. 



6883. Hylophila sylpha. 



HylopUla sylpha, Butl. 111. Het. B.M. iii. p. 10, pi. 43. f. 10 (1870) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362. 



Head and thorax pale yellow-green, shading to white on meta- 

 thorax ; palpi white tinged with ochreous ; antennae ochreous ; 

 pectus and legs white, the femora tinged with green, the fore tibia3 

 and tarsi ochreous ; abdomen white. Fore wing pale yellow-green 

 irrorated with white, the costa and inner margin except towards 

 base ochreous tinged with pink; antemedial line white, defined on 

 outer side by green, very oblique from below costa beyond the cell 

 to vein 1 near base ; postmedial line white, defined on inner side 

 by green, very oblique from costa near apex to inner margin beyond 

 middle ; the termen and cilia white tinged with pink. Hind wing 

 pure semihyaliue white. 



Hah. Japan, Tokio (Fenton), 2 $, Yokohama (Jonas, Pri/er), 

 2 cT , 3 $ type. Ewj). 40-44 millim. 



Genus PARHYLOPHILA, nov. 



Type, P. celsiava. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle 

 of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd modei-ate ; irons smooth ; eyes large, 

 round; antennae of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed 

 and without crests; tibite moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with large 

 crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the termen excised below apex and 

 excnrved at middle ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle 

 of cell ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



*6884. Parhylophila celsiana 



ana, Staud. Eom. Mem. iii. p. 17"/ 

 pal. p. 362. 



Head and tegulse white ; palpi brown at sides ; antennae brown ; 



Cliloe'phora celsiana, Staud. Eom. Mem. iii. p. 177, pi. 10. f. 1 (1887) ; 

 id. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 362. 



