LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1133 



HYPENA ? MURINA. 



murina, Wlk. Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 109. 



Hypena rufinalis. 



Foem. Rufescens ; palpi capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores, 

 articulo 3o lanceolato 2i dimidio lonyiore; abdomen cinereum; 

 alee antica lineis tribus postmediis cinereis angulatis, fimbria 

 nigra ; posticce cinerece* 



Female. Dull reddish. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 cinereous. Palpi porrect, nearly twice longer than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings rectangular at the tips, with three cinereous angular lines 

 between the middle and the exterior border ; several small black 

 speckles between the middle of the breadth and the interior border; 

 fringe mostly black ; exterior border hardly oblique, except towards 

 the interior angle. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



It has most resemblance to H. factiosalis, but the wings have 

 no black marginal lunules. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Biver, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



Hypena scissalis. 



Mas. Cervina; palpi squarnosi, subangulati, capitis latitudine 

 duplo longiores, articulo So pallide cinereo ; antennae setosce ; 

 abdominis fasciculus apica/is pallide cinereus ; alee anticce 

 linea alba recta obliqua, spatio exteriore cano consperso, puncto 

 subcostali nigro ; postica? cinerete. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Frontal tuft promi- 

 nent. Palpi squamous, twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint porrect; third lanceolate, obliquely ascending, pale 

 cinereous, about half the length of the second. Antennae setose. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft pale 

 cinereous. Legs smooth. Fore wings acute, with a straight white 

 line which extends from the middle of the interior border to three- 

 fourths of the length of the costa ; space between this line and the 



