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black; a fine inner and median dark wavy line; orbicular black, outwardly 

 scaled with white; reniforni as a slightly dark Hue; no outer line; subtermiual 

 black spots, outwardly shaded with white; two darker brown subapical streaks 

 from costa to outer margin. Secondaries dark grey ; the costal margin whitish. 

 Expanse 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Aroa, Venezuela. 



Hypeiia dasialis. — Head and thorax dark buflf. Abdomen and second- 

 aries grey brown. Primaries: the inner margin to well above submedian. the 

 outer margin to just above vein 4, and the costal margin from outer line to apex 

 dark buff; otherwise very dark browu ; the basal half of costal and inner mar- 

 gin below submedian tinged with lilacine; some lilacine in cell interrupted by a 

 brown shade between orbicular and reniform, which are dark brown ; the inner 

 line still darker, inwardly shaded with lilacine, not extending below dark por- 

 tion ; outer line broadly geminate, filled in with lilacine grey, curved and reach- 

 ing inner margin ; a curved row of black subterminal points visible only on bufl' 

 portion of costa and outer margin; an interrupted dark terminal line preceded 

 by whitish crescents. Unerneath dark grey ; a subterminal black spot followed 

 by a buflf streak above vein 7. Expanse 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Janeiro. 



Hypena rivaliw. — Body buff, the abdomen irrorated with grey. Prima- 

 ries buff, irrorated thinly with light brown ; orbicular and reniform n)inute, dark 

 brown ; an outer row of black spots on veins; a terminal row of black spots be- 

 tween veins; an oblique dark shade from vein 3 to apex. Secondaries bufl', irro- 

 rated with dark grey. Expanse 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Rio Janeiro. 



Hypena jonesaliss. — Palpi light brown. Thorax dark brown. Abdomen 

 and secondaries blackish brown ; the anal tuft white. Primaries dark brown, 

 slightly tinged with lilacine; the inner margin paler; a pale space from middle 

 of costa to apex, posteriorly curved and edged with darker brown ; orbicular and 

 reniform as black points ; the reniform geminate; subterminal black spots, oue 

 of which is on pale costal space. Underneath dull greyish brown. Expan.se 30 

 mm. 



Habitat. — Castro, Parana. 



Hypena perialis.— Palpi blackish brown. Thorax dark violaceous 

 brown. Abdomen and secondaries dull dark brown. Primaries rich brown ; the 

 inner margin paler, tinged with lilacine; a still paler space on costa from one- 

 third from base to apex, slightly curved posteriorly ; orbicular as a black point : 

 reniform as two superposed black points; lines fine, indistinct, reddish brown: 

 the inner line oblique from costa to above submedian, then nearly straight; the 

 outer line wavy from pale costal space to inner margin ; black subterminal spots, 

 the one on pale costal space, and at inner margin heavily shaded with white. 

 Expanse 43 mm. 



Habitat.— Y em. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXX. JUNE. 1904. 



