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Lepidoptera. Toetkicid^, 



HYLOPHILA. 



Genei'ic JDistinctlons. — Antennce setaceous ; anterior wings very 

 broad at the base, contracted in the middle, and again dilated at 

 the hinder extremity. 



Hylophila prasinana. Green Silver-lines. The upper 

 wings light green, with three oblique stripes of silvery white ; 

 the hinder wings yellowish- white ; the margin of the upper 

 wings is tinged with red. 



Hylophila queecana. Scarce Silver-lines, The largest 

 insect of this group, the wings sometimes extending to two 

 inches ; the colour of the anterior wings deep grass-green, 

 the latter traversed by two oblique white lines ; hinder 

 wings glossy white ; palpi and antennte tinged with red. 

 The caterpillars of both these moths are light green, with a 

 yellow line on each side, and two red streaks behind; they 

 feed on a variety of common trees. This moth is rare, but 

 has been obtained in the neighbourhood of London. 



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