LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1135 



marginal points black; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous, except towards the base. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Hypena dissutalis. 



Fcetn. Obscure glauco-cinerea ; palpi longi, dense fimbriati, 

 articulo So brevissimo ; alee anticce nigro subconspersce, strigis 

 longitudinalibus nigris, linea media fusca subdenliculata 

 antice angulata postice abbreviata, plagis duabus fuscis, \a 

 antemedia, 2a marginali lineolam angulosam ramosam cine- 

 ream includente, punctis submarginalibus cinereis ; posticce 

 fuscce. 



Female. Dark glaucous- cinereous. Frontal tuft prominent. 

 Palpi thickly fringed, less than twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint not more than one- sixth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen, hind wings and under side brown. Legs 

 smooth. Fore wings thinly black-speckled, with a few longitudinal 

 black streaks ; a brown slightly denticulated middle line, which is 

 black towards the interior border, and forms a large outward angle 

 near the costa; two brown patches; the first on the inner side of 

 the line; the second extending to the exterior border, including a 

 short zigzag cinereous line, which emits three cinereous streaks to a 

 submarginal row of cinereous points. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Hypena erastrialis. 



Foem. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi longi, articulo 2o porrecto,So 

 erecto lanceolato ; alee anticce dimidio exteriore cinerece, fascia 

 media nigricante intus diffusa extus concisa, linea exteriore 

 undulata strigaque longitudinali nigris, hac cinereo mar- 

 ginata. 



Female. Blackish cinereous, a little paler beneath. Palpi 

 long; second joint porrect; third erect, pubescent, stylate at the 

 tip, more than half the length of the second, with which it forms a 

 nearly right ani^le. Fore wings with the exterior half cinereous ; 

 this hue is concisely bordered by a blackish band, which is diffuse 

 on the inner side; exterior line black, undulating, interrupted in 

 front by a curved black streak, which is bordered with cinereous on 



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