224 THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF CEYLON. 



HYPENA L-ffiSALIS (Plate 175, Fig. 10). 

 Hypena lasalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 62 (1858). 



Purplish cinereous-brown : forewings with the basal area to the postmedial line 

 dark brown, with iridescent green tints in some lights ; antemedial line indistinct, 

 undulated ; postmedial line inwardly oblique, straight, black, whitish bordered exter- 

 nally ; a recurved subapical slender white streak bordered beneath with dark brown ; 

 apical black spots dentate and white tipt ; marginal pointed line with white tips ; 

 basal and middle cell spot black : hindwing, and body cinereous-brown. 



Expanse -nr inch. 



" Colombo, January " (Machvood). 



HYPENA COGNATA (Plate 175, Fig. 8). 



Allied to H. kesalis. Dififers on the forewing in the postmedial white-bordered 

 line being erect and bent outward at the end of the cell and at the lower median 

 vein ; the outer area of the wing is also paler and of a greyer tint of colour ; the 

 subapical white streak is deeply concave below the black dentate spots ; the dark- 

 brown colour bordering the lower side of the subapical streak does not extend down 

 the submarginal area. 



Expanse A inch. 



HYPENA LACERATALIS (Plate 176, Fig. 5 ^,5a ? ). 



Hypena laceratalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 60 (1858) j . 

 Hypena complalis, Walker, MS. Coll. B. M. g. 



Male. Forewing dark brown, speckled with greyish-white and black scales ; 

 crossed by an antemedial black angulated line, and a more distinct postmedial line, 

 the latter bordered externally by greyish-white scales ; a curved greyish-white 

 speckled streak from the apex, above which are two white bordered black dentate 

 spots ; some costal white dots also before the apex ; a blackish lunular marginal line 

 with white inner border ; the lower submarginal area traversed by greyish-white 

 scaled sinuous fascia ; a black spot at base of the cell and another spot in its middle : 

 hindwing, and abdomen dark brown. Thorax, head, palpi, and forelegs speckled 

 with greyish-white scales ; tarsi with pale bands. 



Female. Forewing of an ochreous-brown tint, sparsely speckled with black and 

 grey scales, the basal area obliquely paler ochreous, and crossed by the brown speckled 

 antemedial angulated line, the upper medial area being dark brown ; postmedial line 

 and markings on outer border more prominent than in male, and the cell spots more 

 distinct. 



Expanse, c? 1^, ? t% to 1 t^^ inch. 



