O HYPENIDjE. 



incisions; dorsal line darker, subdorsal lines yellowish ; 

 abdominal surface paler than back ; head and legs 

 green ; tubercles pale, each bearing a brown hair. 

 The larva forms a cocoon amongst leaves. 



Hypenodes albistrigalis, Haw. 



(Plate 1. fig. 5.) 



Loc. Plymouth, Exmouth, Barnstaple, Dartmouth, 

 Frome, Scarborough, Aldeby, Mertou, Guestling, Suf- 

 folk, Deal, Pembroke, Canterbury, Linton, Tilgate 

 Forest, Monkswood (Huntingdon). 



This species occurs in woods in June and July, and 

 comes freely to sugar. 



Hypenodes costsestrigalis, St. 



acuminatis, Wit, 



(Plate 1. fig. 6.) 



Loc. Lochgoil Head, Barnstaple, Dartmouth, North 

 Devon, Bristol, Bidston, Chester, Askham Bog, Harrow- 

 gate, Scarborough, Sheffield, York, Mcrton, Cawston, 

 Horning, Hastings, Suff"olk, Bournemouth, Canterbury, 

 Epping, New Forest. 



Frequents woods in July, comes also to sugar like 

 the preceding species. 



The larva, which feeds on Thymus serpi/llum, is dark 

 purplish or crimson brown, shiny; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines slightly paler; sides and ventral surface 

 also paler. This larva possesses only two pairs of 

 ventral legs, or twelve in all. It forms a cocoon in 

 which it pupates. E. M. M. vi. 216. 



