EHYNCHINA.— HYPENA. 



Rhynchina idaeoides. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 12 ) 



Expanse f inch. 



Male. Pale ochreous. Fore wing short, rather broad, cmargiuate below apex, which Is 

 acute, not hooked at outer angle ; a waved, narrow, black, almost basal band, followed by au 

 indistinct subbasal brick-red haad, beginning with a black speck on the costa ; an inwardly- 

 oblique biick-red medial band, with a waved dark Hue commencing at the same point on the 

 costa with a black speck, curved out round the end of the cell, then inwardly-oblique to iuuer 

 margin ; a series of submarginal dark spots ; a black speck at end of cell. Hind wing with 

 antcmedial band in continuation of the medial baud of fore wing ; a black speck at end of 

 cell ; a waved medial and two straight postmedial bands, all diffused and brick -red in colour ; 

 a submarginal scries of dark spots. Underside somewhat paler; markings very similar, but 

 bands darker and more broken ; hind wing without the medial band. Abdomen with seg- 

 mental reddish bands. 



Rhynchiiia tenuipalpis. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 11.) 



Expanse f inch. 



Male with terminal joint of palpi naked. Fore wing not veiy long, broad; apex obtuse, 

 not hooked at outer angle ; dull ochreous brown ; a black lunule at end of cell ; au obscure 

 submarginal waved dark band ; a black maculate antecilial line. Hind wing and underside 

 entire smoky brown. 



Hypena assimilis. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 6.) 



Expanse \^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing : basal area dark purplish brown, pale from inner margin to above snl)- 

 median ucrvure and near the base to median nervure ; a black spot in middle of cell, with a 

 streak from costa above it ; a lunule at end of cell and spot beyond it ; a pale reddish, slightly 

 inwardly-oblique band from costa two thirds from base to inner margin beyond middle; outer 

 area purplish grey, with traces of waved bands ; an inwardly-curved black mark from outer 

 margin below the apex, ending as a large black patch hefore reaching the band ; two black 

 sagittate marks above it and one below it ; fine red-brown and black antecilial lines ; a fine 

 white cilial line. Hind wing and underside fuscous, with dark antecilial lines; a white sub- 

 apical spot on underside of fore wing. 



Closely allied to H. cognata, but with the inner part of the basal area pale and the costal 

 portion of the band straight. 



