434 HYPENA. By W. Wakrbn. 



indieatalis. B.JndicatalisjTFa/^. (= lasalis Walk., semiclusalis Walk., velatipennis Btlr., tortuosa Moore, cidarioi- 



des Moore, persirnilis Hmps., argialis Snell.) (73 e). Forewing with the basal half dark purplish 

 brown; a small white lunule at end of cell; the outer line incurved from the upper of its two angles to the 

 inner margin; three sinuous lines on the outer area; a dark lower edge to the curved streak. Common in India 

 and the Malay Islands; recorded by Leech from Japan, Central China, and Corea. 



occalus. B. occatus Moore (= crassipalpis Btlr.) (73 e). Forewing pale grey flushed in places with pale olive 



brownish; the outer line oblique and straight with two slight angles externally, closely preceded by the 

 median shade, the two lines forming a faint band; a pale apical space edged beneath by a sinuate blackish 

 shade from below apex, forming two black marks ; hindwing pale grey. Occurs throughout India, also in Central 

 China and Corea. 



ihermesialis. B. thermesialis Walk. ( = rectifascia Hmps.) (75c). Forewing suffused with purplish ; the median lino quite 



straight, slightly oblique; the hindwing dark fuscous; the underside without pale subapical speck; some 

 examples are tinged -with reddish. Another Indian insect which also is met with in China. 



uniform').*. B. unifortnis Hmps. (75c). Forewing greyish fuscous with a slight purplish or rufous tinge; inner line in- 



distinct, obliquely waved, followed by a dark speck in cell; an almost erect and straight outer line with 

 a pale outer edge; traces of a waved subterminal line with some dark specks on it; hindwing dark fuscous. 

 Occurs in China ; the Indian specimens differ somewhat niter se according to localities. 



Sect. II. Forewings narrow and elongate. 



narratalis. B. narratalis Walk. $ (= urticola Btlr. 9)^(73 f ). Forewing grey shaded with brownish and speckled 



with darker; inner line vertical, toothed above and below median vein; outer line blackish with pale edges, 

 oblique from costa and strongly angled outwards above vein 5 and inwards on vein 2; the three stigmata 

 marked by tufts of grey and black scales; subterminal a row of black dashes, the upper two lying in a pale 

 elongate costal space reaching from apex to angle of outer line; in the $ the whole wing except this pale 

 patch is suffused with dark brown and fuscous, and more thickly speckled ; hindwing dark fuscous in <J, paler in 

 $. Occurs in Kashmir; otherwise from N. W. India. 



trixlalis. B. tristalis Led. (= tripunctalis Br em.). (73 f). The $ is whiter than in narratalis Wlk., the median 



space on costa forming a more prominent blotch; the outer line is vertical from costa, then waved; but 

 otherwise like narratalis. Amurland, Japan, and China. 



tibesalis. B. obesalis Tr. (73 f). Differs from the two preceding species in the ground colour being light ochreous, 



not white or grey; the inner line becomes obscure below median; the outer is vertically outcurved from 

 subcostal to median vein with two smaller curves below. Europe. Larva grass green with yellow segmental 

 incisions; dorsum grey; lateral lines slender, white; spiracles orange; feeds on nettles gregariously in spring 

 and autumn, spinning up for pupation in a leaf. 



118. Genus: Hypeua Schrank. 



Tongue present; frons with a projecting tuft of scales; palpi porrect, the second segment very 

 long, flattened, with rough projecting scales on each side, the third obliquely upturned, pointed, rough scaled; 

 antennae of <J ciliated; thorax and tibiae smooth scaled; abdomen with small dorsal crest near base; fore- 

 wing with slight tufts of raised scales. Larva Avith first pair of abdominal prolegs absent; with fine hairs 

 from the tubercles; feeding on Urticaceae, pupating in a slight spun cocoon. The imago usually emerges in 

 autumn and overwinters. Type H. rostralis L. 



probosci- H. proboscidalis L. (= ensalis F., proboscidens F., proboscidatus Haw.) (73 g). Forewing grey brown 



alts, ^.jj-jj numerous dark transverse striae, and with a brownish yellow suffusion in the $$; the lines dark brown; 



the inner curved or bent in middle; the outer oblique, nearly straight, slightly incurved at costa, internally 



shaded with dark brown; the subterminal cloudy and partially interrupted, above middle marked with black 



