286 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 7. HYPOGRAPHA. 



Masetfozm. Corpus incrassatum. Fasciculus frontalis coni- 

 cus. Palpi glabri, crassi, oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us longi- 

 conicus. Thorax convexus, lanuginosus. Abdomen alas posticas 

 superans, apice quadratum. Pedes breves, sat graciles ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae spissae, margine exteriore con- 

 vexo dentato ; anticae acuta?, costa recta. 



Hypographa, Guen. Phal. i. 189. 



Male and female. Body very thick. Vertex prominent ; front 

 with a conical tul't. Palpi smooth, thick, obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, less than 

 half the length of the second. Thorax convex, lanuginous. Abdo- 

 men extending rather beyond the hind wings, quadrate at the tip, 

 where there are thick brushes of hairs. Legs short, rather slender ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings stout ;. exterior border 

 convex, strongly dentated. Fore wings acute ; costa straight. 



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1. Hypographa Phlegetonakia. 



Murino-cinerea ; alee lineis transversis indistinctis denticulatis ob 

 scurioribus, subtus ex parte rufescente-ferruginece, lineis dua- 

 bus bene determinatis. 



Hypographa Phlegetonaria, Guen. Phal. i. 190, 293, pi. 19, f. 2. 



a. Australia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Australia. 



c. Moretou Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



d. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



2. Hypographa peivata. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea ; abdomen punctis lateralibus nigris ; alee 

 niyricante subconspena, fascia lata obliqua denticulata pur- 

 purascente-rufa albido marginata ; anticce falcata, costa nigro 

 punctata. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Abdomen with black points 

 along each side. Wings with very minute blackish speckles, and 

 with a broad oblique denticulated purplish red whitish-bordered 

 band, which is much more distinct on the underside, as are also the 

 elongated blackish points of the fringe ; exterior border less denti- 

 culated than in the typical species. Fore wings falcate ; costa with 



