HEP 
TierntTHenMiMertis, or LHephthemimeres, is a fo a cex- 
fura after the third foot-;. that is, on the feventh half foot. 
It is arule, that this fy llable, megs it be fhort in itfelf, 
muft be made ong, on account of the cefura, or to e 
it anhephthemimeris. Asin that verfe of _— 
“ Et furiis agitatus amor, et confcia virtus.’ 
it may be added, that the cefura is not to be on the fifth 
foot, as it is in the verfe which Dr. Harris gives us for an 
“«¢ THe latus niveum molli fultus Hyacintho.” 
‘This is not an peprenin cefura, but a henneamime- 
‘ris, ze. of nine half fe 
HEPIALUS, in Fatsciige a new genus in{tituted by 
Fabricius, for the reception of thofe moths or phalenz, o 
the bombyx kind, which have the antenne soils faken ¢ the 
feelers two, aga and hairy, with the rudiment of a era 
sani e 
on the wing (in fome oni Soreally ) refemble- 
motions of the pendulum of a cloc 
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plus 
ck 
S pecies, 
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Hout. an of the male fhowy and ftriated; of fro 
ow, with fulvous marks. Linn. Donn... 
Br. Inf, Ghof moth, 
ae moths are often d 
fonts, oe about sii mee near x ikirts of 
woods at twilight, and not unfrequently in burying gro ds ; 
from which later circumitanc ie mid the ae 
HEP 
cnibiiedtiie that they might be eafily miftaken for difting - 
{pecies, the whole of the apes furface in the male being a 
pure {nowy white with a glofs like fatin ; the female yellow, 
with orange marks on the upper wings, and brown on the 
lower. Inhabits Europe 
‘The larva feeds on et roots of grafs, and is naked, its 
© colour pale, and the head teftaceous. 
puTTa. Wing livid, with two darker bands. Fabr. 
* Inhabits Germany. 
~aepalgsaaae Wings cinereous, with a whiter ftreak. 
"Found i in the north of Europe. 
Hecrus. Wings deflected, yellow, with two oblique 
whitith bands nome of interrupted dots. Linn. Donov, 
Br. Inf—Gelden fw uft 
Inhabits woods in = e. The lower wings fivid brown. 
Breiich, when the wings are expanded, about an inch anda 
_guarter. 
OxsLiquus. Wings defle&ed, brown, with a white line * 
at the bafe, and ine oblique bands of interrupted dots, 
Fabr. 
Native of France; and is allied to the ne Mio antenne a 
are Nibaimagr ; head and thorax hairy, 
_ CARN ings brown; upper pair witll ‘ae dots 
of blacle at white. Fabr. 
_ Inhabits Auttria 
Crox. 
Wings sreddifh-yellow, with two oblique white 
lines ; antennz ferrated. Fab 
An European fpecies ; the. ekeorae rufous ; head. and 
thorax hairy, grey ; lower wings and all beneath darker. 
Buro. Wings deflected, yellowith, with a broad brows 
abr. a 
e of C 
APPA. Wirgs ae with large irregular wav ved 
marks of a livid colour, and four ditlin@ white triangular 
{pots srg the apex.—Donov. Brit. Inf. M!ap-qwinge 
Swift mo 
A be: eal and rare a found in England; ‘the 
fize larger than the golde: 
ENUS. nterior wings sais with many oblong pearly 
{pots ; seeileg pair brown and immaculate ; ; body eae 
oue. Cram 
Inhabits she interior of Africa. 
BBP 
~Alfo, . town 
Fran ce, int anat 
my plein be the Rhine, on the Woes ; 
‘(HEPSETUS, Te iibslogy cs See Esox oa Aan 
he £ \therina hepfet us si2rays in ins alla 
ee Jake 
US, or Eenavotcssi in 1 Geographyr ® 
ved the Dyris, a are ee 
of | ame, informs ins, “Loureir 
Clafs and Bee Polygamia Dioecia, Te mor po 
perly belongs to Polyandria nogynia, hele “gt 
Synia, it is impoflible, from his defcription, to fay fpread~ 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth of three ovate, concave, *P¥ gh 
ing leaves. Cor. Petals 10, ovate-oblong: 
wheel-like — ng than the calyx. "Stam 
