TRE MOTHS OF INDIA, 1237 



with white ; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey and with whitish 

 segmental lines, the crests blackish, the ventral surface whitish. Fore- 

 wing reddish brown mixed with some grey and thickly irrorated with black, 

 the terminal area darker ; points of raised black scales with whitish scales in 

 centre at middle of cell and on discocellulars ; the postmedial line almost 

 medial, oblique, whitish, defined on inner side by rufous, then by some 

 black scales, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indis- 

 tinct, oblique and blackish from costa to vein 6 where it is met by an 

 oblique black streak from apex, then greyish, slightly incurved at discal 

 fold and strongly at submedian fold, a terminal series of black striae. 

 Hindwing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge ; a terminal series of black 

 striae ; cilia whitish at tips : the underside whitish irrorated with red- 

 brown, a blackish discoidal point and terminal series of minute black 

 lunules. 



Habitat.— M.KD-& AH, Gooty (Campbell). Kvp. 16 mill. Type in B. M. 

 29856, Hypena molybdota, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax glossy black-brown ; abdomen pale brown ; palpi 

 white at tips ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing black-brown with a 

 leaden gloss and irrorated with a few white scales ; antemedial line black 

 from median nervure to inner margin, waved ; a minute rufous spot defined 

 by black in upper part of middle of cell, reniform small, triangular, rufous 

 defined by black ; a waved medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; postmedial line black, minutely waved, excurved belovv costa and 

 at middle, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 3 and ex- 

 curved above inner margin, subterminal line white, minutely waved 

 slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of minute 

 black lunules defined on inner side by white scales. Hindwing fuscous ; 

 a slight waved black postmedial line on inner area ; subterminal line 

 whitish, incurved at vein 2 ; a terminal series of black points ; the under- 

 side whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, a small discoidal spot, 

 indistinct dark waved postmedial line, and waved whitish subterminal line 

 defined on outer side by fuscous. 



Habitat. — Madras, Palnis (Campbell) ; Tkavancokb, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray). 

 Exp. 30 miU. Type in B. M. 



2985 b. Hypena atrikena, n. sp. 



9 . Head, thorax and abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey ; palpi 

 black-brown, white at tips ; sides of frons black-brown ; forelegs tinged 

 with fuscous. Forewing grey suffused with reddish brown ; antemedial 

 lii)e indistinct, dark, oblique, waved ; a whitish point in middle of cell ; 

 reniform black defined by some whitish scales, attenuated above and 

 rounded below ; postmedial line slight, dark, minutely dentate, slightly 

 bent outwards below costa and incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; 

 subterminal line indistinct, pale, minutely waved, excurved below veiu 7 



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