170 W. SCHAUS. 



Hypena purpuralis.— Palpi ami head dark grey, thorax and primaries 

 dark violaceous brown. Abdomen and secondaries dull dark brown. Primaries: 

 the Hues dark olivaceous brown ; the inner Hue oblique from costa, incurved on 

 submedian ; outer line incurved below vein 3 and below submedian, outwardly 

 shaded with grey between veins 2 and 3; orbicular and reniform black, minutely 

 shaded with grey outwardly; subterminal black spots faintly shaded with grey 

 outwardly; a terminal dark line, punctiform between veins and preceded by a 

 pale spot. Underneath with a small white subterminal spot above vein 7. Ex- 

 panse 32 mm. 



Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 

 Allied to H. exceptalis Walk. 



Hypeiia bergealis.— Body brown. Primaries brown, shaded with lila- 

 cine beyond outer line; inner line dark brown, inwardly shaded with light 

 brown, slightly oblique, incurved between subcostal and submedian ; outer line 

 dark brown, outwardly shaded with light brown, straight on costa and below 

 vein 2, very slightly curved around cell; orbicular small, black and white; reni- 

 form vague, dark, followed by a light brown shade; outer line followed by a dark 

 curved shade, and subterminal irregular dark spots; a blackish shade at apex ; 

 some lilacine scales on outer margin between veins 4 and 7. Secondaries dark 

 greyish brown ; a dark terminal line. Underneath : primaries dark lilacine 

 grey; the inner margin whitish. Secondaries whitish, thinly irrorated with dark 

 brown scales; a black discal spot, and a dark median line. Expanse 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Jamaica, B. W. I. 



Hypeua rosealis.— Head and collar roseate. Thorax greenish yellow. 

 Abdomen bufl", irrorated with reddish brown. Primaries: basal half greenish 

 yellow; outer half and costa also basal ly roseate ; a fine red median line from 

 end of cell at vein 4 to middle of inner margin ; a fine red line from subcostal at 

 four-fifths from base to inner margin, outwardly shaded with yellow ; the veins 

 terminally streaked with greenish yellow. Secondaries grey, shaded with roseate 

 on outer margin ; fringe roseate. Expanse 23 mm. 



Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



Hypena freija. — Head and thorax brown. Abdomen and secondaries 

 light brownish grey. Primaries: brown to outer line on outer margin ; a darker 

 brown wavy inner line; a black point in orbicular; a dark oblique streak on 

 reniform ; outer line dark brown, inwardly oblique from costa, wavy below reni- 

 form, followed by a broad lilacine space extending to apex, and crossed by a broad 

 greyish shade; some dark brown subterminal spots ; fringe dark grey. Under- 

 neath : primaries dark grey, the costa and apex irrorated with buff. Secondaries 

 whitish, irrorated with grey; a black discal point; a median and a subterminal 

 brown shade. Expanse 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Janeiro. 



Hypena syllificalis. — Head and thorax lilacine brown, the scales with 

 paler tips. Abdomen dark grey. Primaries lilacine brown, thinly irrorated with 



