LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 843 



Hypena Degesalis. 

 Mas et fcern. Glauco-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, late fimbriati, non 

 longi ; ala anticce acutce, subtrigonce, fusco conspersce, sat 

 angustce, lineis interiore et exteriore rectis obliquis fuscescenti- 

 bus vix determinatis, spatio marginali Lato fusco li.ieam sub- 

 marginalem lunulatam includente, orbiculari e puncto nigri- 

 cante, margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



Male and female. Glaucous-cinereous. Palpi porrect, not 

 long, broadly fringed ; third joint pale, acute, hardly extending be- 

 yond the hairs. Fore wings acute, rather triangular, not broad, 

 speckled with brown ; interior and exterior lines straight, oblique, 

 slightly marked with brown, the former in part obsolete ; a broad 

 brown marginal space, in which the lunulate submarginal line may 

 be slightly traeed ; a blackish point indicating the orbicular mark ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Hypena Mophisalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina, gracilis; palpi angulati, fimbriati, thorace 

 longiores ; antennae subsetosce ; abdomen pallidum, alas posticas 

 vix superans ; alee longce, fusco conspersce, margine exteriore 

 subflexo ; anticce subfalcatce, fusco lineatce, linea interiore ar- 

 cuata, lineis media exteriore et submarginali obliquis undu- 

 latis dentatis, orbiculari et reniformi obsoletis ; posiicce albido- 

 cinerece. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, slender. Palpi rather longer 

 than the thorax, fringed to the tips ; third joint about half the length 

 of the second, with which it forms an obtuse angle. Antennae mi- 

 nutely setose. Abdomen pale, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings long, not broad, minutely speckled with brown ; ex- 

 terior border slightly bent. Fore wings subfalcate ; lines brown ; 

 interior line curved ; middle, exterior and submarginal lines oblique, 

 undulating, somewhat dentate ; discal marks obsolete. Hind wings 

 whitish cinereous, except about the hind exterior part. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



This species may be included in the seventh South American 

 group. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens collection. 



