Lepidoptera of the genus Hypsa. 317 
9. Hypsa subsimilis. 
Hypsa subsimilis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, 
p- 212 (1864). 
Singapore. Type, Coll. Hope, Oxford. 
I have examined both sexes of this species from the 
collection of Lieut. Howland Roberts; the female is also 
in Mr. Moore’s collection. 
10. Hypsa clavata, n. sp. 
Primaries very like H. monycha and H. dicta, but 
differing from both in the somewhat more clavate form of 
the white streak and the veins of basal half being white ; 
secondaries with the outer border broader, undulated less 
irregularly on its inner edge; a large black spot at the 
end of discoidal cell, and occasionally two other spots, one 
small on the radial nervure close to the outer border, the 
other in the form of an oblique dash on interno-median 
interspace towards anal angle: body golden-yellow, collar 
and tegule black-spotted, abdomen with a dorsal series of 
five black spots; differences below much as above, but 
only the subcostal vein and the base of the costal, on basal 
area of primaries, white: expanse of wings 2 inches 
8 lines. 
Hong-Kong (Bowring), E. India, Silhet ( Sowerby). 
Type, B.M. 
This is the H. stlvandra of Walker’s Catalogue. 
Mr. Moore has this species from Borneo and Silhet. 
11. Hypsa heliconia. 
Phalena-Noctua heliconia, Linnxus. Syst. Nat. 1, 
il. p. 839 (1767). 
Hypsa heliconia, Uiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 
p- 172, n. 1778 (1816). 
Hypsa (Aspa) heliconia, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. 
p- 452, n. 11 (1854), 
N. India (James), Silhet (Sowerby), Moulmein ( Clerch), 
Sarawak ( Wallace). B.M. 
12. Hypsa persecta, n. sp. 
Allied to H. plana, but the subcostal creamy spot of 
primaries smaller and distinctly separated by a brown band 
or line from the large creamy area; the ochraceous basal 
area paler, and the black spots upon it well separated and 
more clearly outlined ; secondaries with the brown border 
narrow, not quite extending to the anal angle; a large 
