844 CATALOGUE OF 



Hypena Sabbasalis. 



Mas. Testacea, antice cervina ; palpi longi, graciles ; articulo 2o 

 porrecto late fimbriate, So lanceolato ; alee sat angustce ; anticce 

 cervino submarglnatae, Uriels interiore exteriore et submarginali 

 undulatis indlstlnctis, reniformi e punctis duobus nigris, punctis 

 marginalibus trigonis nigris ; posticce albido-cinerece, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus. 



Male. Testaceous. Head and thorax fawn-colour. Palpi 

 long, slender ; second joint porrect, broadly fringed above, third 

 lanceolate, nearly one-third of the length of the second, with which 

 it forms a very obtuse angle. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 partly and irregularly fawn-colour along the costa and along the 

 exterior border ; interior, exterior and submarginal lines undulating, 

 indistinct, darker than the ground colour; reniform mark indicated 

 by two black points ; exterior border rather oblique, with triangular 

 black points. Hind wings whitish cinereous, with blackish marginal 

 lunules. Length of the body 4j lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Of the eighth South American group. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Hypena Molpusalis. 



Mas. Obscure cinereo-fusca, sat valida ; fasciculus frontalis por- 

 rectus ; palpi validi, porrectl, angulati, thorace breviores, arti- 

 culo So lanceolato ; antennce pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans, segmentis cinereo marginatis ; alee anticce acutce, 

 vix falcatce, nigricante notatce, lineis tribus cinereis dentatis 

 devils, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus albido marginatis, 

 reniformi Indetermlnata ; posticce clnereo-fuscce, llnea mar- 

 glnall obscurlore punctis pallldls. 



Male. Dark cinereous-brown, moderately stout, cinereous be- 

 neath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi stout, porrect, shorter than 

 the thorax ; third joint lanceolate, about one- third of the length of 

 the second, with which it forms an angle. Antennae pubescent. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings ; hind borders 

 of the segments cinereous. Fore wings acute, almost subfalcate, 

 with blackish marks here and there ; interior, exterior, and submar- 

 ginal lines cinereous, dentate, irregular ; marginal lunules blackish, 

 whitish-bordered ; reniform mark indeterminate ; under side with a 



