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HYPENODES. By W. Warren. 



and outer lines brown, conversely edged with blue grey; the inner waved, near base, the outer, also waved 

 and slightly oblique, a little before middle; a dark spot in cell; a black white tipped spot above vein 7; a 

 row of black dots along the grey termen; hindwing dull fuscous. Allied to belinda Btlr., but quite distinct. 

 Found in China. 



Icashmirica. H. kashmirica spec. nov. (731). Differs from strigifera in being altogether greyish red brown, without any 



blue grey admixture, covered throughout with dark vermiculations ; the costal area slightly paler ; inner and 

 outer lines brown, waved, placed as in strigifera, but without any paler edging ; two black white-tipped spots, 

 one on each side of vein 7, not, or scarcely, showing on underside, as in the allied species ; hindwing fuscous. 

 Kashmir. 



lividalis. H. lividalis Hbn. (= abjuralis Walk., scissalis Walk., perna Fldr.) (73 1, 74 a). Forewing olive green in 



basal area, limited by a fine oblique white line, before which it is marked by purple scales; terminal area 

 olive grey, thickly and finely dusted; apex pale grey; a black dot in cell; terminal line rufous; fringe grey 

 with three darker grey lines through it ; hindwing uniform dark grey. A south European species, also found 

 in N. Africa, Madeira, and the Canaries ; in Asia Minor, Syria, Bithynia, Pontus ; and in India. Larva between 

 leaves of Parietaria diffusa throughout the year. 



munitalis. H. mmiitalis Mann. (73 1). Forewing dull grey brown thickly irrorated with ochreous white scales; lines 



ochreous; the inner waved, very obscure; the outer waved, outwardly curved on each fold, preceded by a 

 darker, less irrorated band ; terminal spots dark with pale edges ; fringe mottled grey and ochreous, outer half 

 paler; hindwing deep yellow ; terminal line dark brown ; some brownish scaling in apical area; fringe yellowish, 

 above middle greyer; abdomen yellowish speckled with grey, with darker grey patches down middle of dorsum. 

 Occurs in Bulgaria only in Europe; in Asia Minor in Lydia, Taurus, Pontus, and Armenia. The larva lives 

 gregariously on Vincetoxicum tmoleum. 



119. Genus: Hypeuocles Ouem 



Tongue present; frons with short tuft; palpi porrect, very long, second segment thick, with rough 

 projecting scales above, third short, smooth, upturned; antennae of (J finely ciliated; thorax, abdomen, 

 and tibiae smoothly scaled; dorsum with small crest on basal segment; forewing long and narrow; 6 and 7 

 separate; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 and 9 separating close before margin. Larva without prologs on segments 7 and 8. 

 Type H. taenialis Hbn. The species are all quite small. 



taenialis. H. taenialis Hbn. (= albistrigatis Haw., albistrigatus Stph., acuminalis H.-Sch., albistrigalis Guen.) 



(73 1). Forewing brownish ; a fine black dash beneath costa at base; inner line dentate, blackish ; outer black, 

 outwardly whitish-edged, indistinct towards costa, straight and conspicuous in lower half; cellspot dark, 

 obscure, paler posteriorly ; subterminal line pale, indistinct ; hindwing light grey. Occurs in Germany, Austria, 

 Britain, Holland, Belgium; Armenia, the Canaries, Corea. Larva on low plants, especially thyme. 



coslaestriga- H. eostaestrigalis Stph. (cacuminalis H.-Sch.) (73 1). Forewing whitish ochreous, mixed with brownish 



fe - fuscous towards costa; a fine black dash beneath costa at base; inner line partly blackish, dentate; outer 

 oblique, irregular, partly marked with dark and edged posteriorly with whitish; cellspot small, blackish, 

 connected with outer line by dark fuscous suffusion; subterminal line indistinct, pale; hindwing luteous 

 whitish, with a grey discal dot. Larva dark purplish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, the latter 

 black-edged beneath ; sides more ochreous ; will feed on flowers of thyme in captivity. Found in Central 

 Europe, Denmark, Livonia, S. France, Spain, the Canaries, Madeira, Syria, Armenia. Larva, like the last species, 

 on thyme. 



kalchbergi. H. kalchbergi Stgr. (73 1). Forewing dark grey; inner line very faint; outer line clearer, just beyond 



cell, excurved above middle; a whitish cell lunule; both lines limited internally by a well-defined black line; 

 subterminal very obscure, pale, dentate, close to termen; beyond outer line towards costa four pale flecks; 



orientalis. hindwing uniform dark grey. Sicily. The subsp. orientalis Stgr., from Derbent and Macedonia, is smaller, 

 paler grey, with a dark cellspot and two obsolete dark lines. 



balneorum. 



H. balneorum Alph. Very close to kalchbergi; forewing narrower, with the termen straighter; shining 



