86 NOCTUIDJE. 



of fore wing with some grey apical suffusion; hind wing with 

 slight mark on discocellulars. 



Hab. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 38 millim. 



2955. Hypena griseivitta, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 96, pi. 148, fig. 8. 

 Differs from rjriseapex in the medial line of fore wing being erect 



and minutely waved. 



Hab. Simla ; Nilgiris. Exp. 36 millim. 



2956. Hypena abyssinialis, Guen. Delt. et Pyr. p. 39. 

 Hypena jussalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 62. 



Hypena laceratalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 60; Moore, Lep. Ccyl. iii, 



pi 176, figs. 5, 5 a ; C. $ S. no. 2888. 

 Hypena ignotalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 60; C. & S. no. 2882. 

 Hypena dispunctalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. ] 144. 

 Hypena squaraea, Hmpsn. III. JEfet. viii, p. 94, pi. 147, fig. 22. 



Fore wing somewhat narrower, the outer margin more obliquely 

 rounded. Grey-brown. Fore wing with antemedial oblique 

 ferruginous line ; dark specks at centre and end of cell ; a sinuous 

 erect ferruginous postmedial line ; a prominent curved apical streak 

 with two black specks on its upper edge ; three white specks on 

 the costa towards apex. Abdomen and hind wing dark fuscous. 



The colour of the fore wing may be almost uniform with dark 

 striae and the markings indistinct ; or the basal, inner, and lower 

 half of outer areas may be violaceous grey or slightly suffused 

 with that colour, and with a patch of it on the costa beyond the 

 postmedial line. 



Hab. Aden ; throughout Africa, India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Australia. Exp. 32 millim. 



2957. Hypena extensa, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1139 : C. $ S. no. 2876. 



Differs from abyssinialis in the head, thorax, and fore win^ 

 being bright red-brown ; the apical streak pale rufous. 

 Hab. Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



2958. Hypena varialis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1136 ; Hmpsn. III. Het. 



ix, pi. 166, fig. 13. 



Differs from ahyssinialis in the ground-colour being redder 

 brown. Fore wing with a prominent ochreous streak from the 

 base beluw median nervure and pale speck at end of cell ; the 

 waved postmedial line inwardly oblique. 



Hab. Natal ; Madagascar ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



2959. Hypena nilgirica, Hmpm. III. Het. viii, p. 95, pi. 148, fig. 1. 



Differs from abyssinialis in the fore wing being broader and with 

 a waved submarginal line. Underside with the costa of fore wing 

 nml the whole hind wing ochreous white irrorated with brown; 

 a prominent subapical speck. 



Nilgiris. Exp. 34 millim. 



