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2935. Hypena iconicalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi. p. 61 ; Moore, Lev. Ceyl iii, 



pi. 175, fig. 9 ; C.$S. no. 2881. 

 Hypeua sulalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1140. 

 Hypena subnotalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1140. 

 Hypena similata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 192 ; C. # S. no. 2911. 



Reddish grey-brown ; the palpi black. Fore wing slightly 

 irrorated with dark specks ; an indistinct sinuous antemedial line ; 

 a black speck in cell ; a medial straight, almost erect, dark line 

 with some bluish grey on the outer edge, and often with the area 

 beyond it grey ; a more or less developed sinuous submarginal 

 series of black and white specks. Hind wing fuscous. Underside 

 with subapical black and white speck to fore wing, and indistinct 

 cell-spot and postmedial line to hind wing. 



The males have the palpi shorter, more broadly scaled, and the 

 frontal tuft very thick ; specimens from E. Pegu have the costa of 

 fore wing whitish. 



Hob. Assam ; throughout Peninsular India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Java ; Sula ; Mysol. Exp. 30-32 millim. 



2936. Hypena rectivittalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 84 ; C. # S. 



no. 2909. 



Hypena beatalis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 120, fig. 19. 

 Hypena minna, Butl. III. Het. iii, p. 59, pi. 55, fig. 12. 

 Hypena vecordialis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 472, pi. 28, fig. 10 ; 



C. # S. no. 2922. 

 Hypena speculalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 472, pi. 28, fig. 8 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 2912. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing pale ochreous brown, irrorated and 

 striated with dark brown ; palpi black and grey. Eore wing with 

 dark speck in cell ; a straight oblique postmedial brown band 

 with black edges ; an indistinct submarginal series of dark specks. 

 Abdomen and hind wing pale fuscous. 



The form speculalis has an oblique single line to fore wing 

 instead of the band with a black spot beyond it on inner margin ; 

 some specimens have the sinuous submargina^ series of specks 

 prominent. 



Hab. Africa ; Japan ; N.W. Himalayas ; Punjab ; Bombay ; 

 Nilgiris. Exp. 30 millim. 



SECT. II. (Bomolocha). Palpi very much shorter and stouter ; the 

 2nd joint porrect and clothed with long hair ; the 3rd upturned 

 and hairy for two thirds its length, the apex naked. 



A. Fore wing long and narrow, with the raised specks prominent. 



2937. Hypena narratalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 57 ; C. fy S. no. 2900. 

 Hypena urticola, Butl. III. Het. vii, p. 86, pi. 134, fig. 2. 



Differs from probosddalis (p. 77) in being fuscous brown without 

 the red tinge. Fore wing with the striae and raised specks more 



YOL. III. & 



