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The elegant Hypena, H. elegantalis (plate 1, fig. 2). It is an inch in width 
across the expanded wings, and of a bluish gray color, sprinkled with innumerous 
tawny atoms. Across the middle of its fore wings is a broad wavy tawny yellow 
band, edged posteriorly with a black line. This band is widened in its middle, 
where it incloses a large cream white spot having a black dot on its inner part. 
Forward of this, towards the base, is a narrow wavy tawny yellow band. On the 
apical part of the wing is a large pale tawny cloud, around a gray patch upon the 
apex. On the hind margin is a narrow tawny band, edged on each side by a black 
line, the inner line regularly undulated. The fringe is white with black alterna¬ 
tions. The hind wings have a black central dot in a broad whitish band which is 
edged on each side with tawny brown lines, and behind this is an irregular tawny 
yellow band. The hind margin is marked the same as that of the fore wings, and 
the outer or anterior margin is white. 
Syringing or showering hop vines with strong soap suds or 
with a solution of oil-soap in the proportion of two pounds of 
the soap to about fifteen gallons of water is the only remedy 
which I have seen mentioned for ridding them of the Hypena 
worms. 
[Supplementary note to page 220. The dry leaf, forming a wheel or whirlgig on 
the ends of the twigs of the button-wood or sycamore in the winter season, noticed 
a 9 being perhaps drawn into this position by plant-lice or some other insect, I 
since find to be the natural leafy bract or stipule of the twig, which upon withering 
in autumn separates and surrounds the twig, forming the revolving wheel or collar 
alluded to. It is certainly quite a curiosity, which I do not observe noticed in any 
of our botanical works.] 
