108 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed LepiJoptera 



Marthama conspersa. 

 ■ Fcetn. — Obscure ferruginea, albido sub-conspersa, alarum mar- 

 ginibus albido-punctatis, alarum anticarum lineis fasciisque 

 ex atorais albidis, linea exteriore valde flexa, costa exteriore 

 albo tripunctata. 

 Female. — Dark ferruginous, thinly whitish-speckled, brown 

 beneath. Tarsi with whitish bands. Wings with marginal whitish 

 points. Fore-wings with diffuse lines and bands of whitish 

 speckles ; exterior line much bent, formed of whitish points ; 

 costa with three white points towards the tip ; a triangular space 

 near the tip of the costa almost without speckles ; underside with 

 four lines of whitish points. Hind-wings with two lines of whitish 

 points. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 Amazon Region. 



Fam. HYPENID^, Herr.-Sch. 

 Genus Hypena, Schr. 

 Hypena hisignalis. 

 Mas. — Cinereo-fusca, palpis porrectis lanceolatis thorace non 

 brevioribus, articulo 2o late fimbriato, antennis sub-pubescen- 

 tibus, alis fusco-lineatis, lunulis marginalibus nigris, alis 

 anticis sub-falcatis, linea sub-inarginali sat determinata sub- 

 undulata, orbiculari et reniformi nigris, ilia punctiformi. 



Male. — Cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, as long as 

 the thorax ; 2nd joint broadly fringed ; 3rd joint very acute, 

 slightly fringed, about one -third of the length of the 2nd. An- 

 tennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind-wings. Wings not broad ; lines brown ; marginal lunules 

 black. Fore-wings sub-falcate; exterior line very indistinct ; sub- 

 marginal line more distinct, slightly undulating ; orbicular and 

 reniform marks black, the former punctiform. Hind-wings paler 

 than the fore -wings, except towards the exterior border; exterior 

 line distinct, almost straight. 



Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. 



Hypena pyralaUs. 

 Fcem. — Cinereo-fusca, palpis porrectis elongatis articulo So 

 longi-conico, alis anticis acutis ochraceo alboque quadrifas- 

 ciatis, fasciis deviis incompletis, alis posticis pallida cinereis. 



