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HYPENA. 
Hypena, Schrank, Fauna Boica, p. 163 (1802); Walker, Cat. xvi. p. 21. 
Representatives of this genus are found all over the world, and some of them are 
extremely variable. In Tropical America many of the species are very common. 
Thirty-nine are here recorded from Central America, twenty-two of which are described 
as new. It is possible that some of these latter may have been named by Walker; 
but as the types of several of his species are not to be found in the National Collection 
or in the Oxford Museum, I am unable to speak of them with certainty. 
The Hypene are almost always found in shady places in woods. 
i. Hypena lividalis. 
Pyralis lividalis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. vi. t. 2. fig. 11 (¢), t. 29. fig. 186 (¢). 
Ophiuche lividalis, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 344. 
Hypena lividalis, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. vii. p. 33; Duponch. Hist. Nat. Lép. Fr., Noct. v. 2, 
p. 55, t. 218 (Pyral. t. 8), fig. 3; Herr.-Schiff. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 426; Guén. Sp. gén. des. 
Lép. viii. p. 382; Walk. Cat. xvi. p. 26°. 
Hypena abjuralis, Walk. Cat. xvi. p. 68 *. 
Hypena scissalis, Walk. Cat. xxxiv. p. 1133 °. 
Hab. Mexico, Tierra Colorada in Guerrero 2000 feet (H. H. Smith); Panama, 
Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger).— ANTILLES, Cuba'?, San Domingo °.—SovtH 
Europe 123; Srcry +2. 
Our specimens from Mexico and Chiriqui are almost identical with others from 
Europe; it is quite impossible to separate them, H. abjuralis, Walk., was described 4 
from an example from an unknown locality, and it does not differ in the least from 
H. lividalis (Hiibn.). H. scissalis, Walk., from San Domingo, agrees precisely with 
Central-American specimens. In our region the insect appears to be rare; we have 
only seen four examples. 
2. Hypena manalis. (Tab. XXXIV. fig. 5.) 
Hypena manalis, Walk. Cat. xvi. p. 83 (3), p- 79 (2)? 
Hypena (Bomolocha) manalis, Grote, List of North- American Moths, p. 43 (1882) °*. 
Hab. Norta America, United States 122—Guvaremata, Volcan de Atitlan 2500 to 
3500 feet (Champion). | 
Guatemalan specimens closely resemble others from North America in the. National 
Collection. 
8. Hypena abrasalis. 
Hypena abrasalis, Walk. Cat. xvi. p. 89 (3) ’- 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé '). ; 
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