LEP100PTERA HETEROCERA. 1137 



of the head ; third joint lanceolate, obliquely ascending, pale cine- 

 reous at the tip, not more than one-third of the length of the second, 

 with which it forms a slight angle. Fore wings blackish-speckled 

 and partly blackish-shaded, slightly purplish-tinged, with a pale 

 cinereous stripe, which extends from the base near the interior 

 border to a little beyond half the length of the latter, where it joins 

 a double undulating cinereous line, the latter proceeding from three- 

 fourths of the length of the costa and including a ferruginous line; 

 a black discal antemedial dot; a pale cinereous discal dot on the 

 inner side of the undulating line, and an apical broad oblique pale 

 cinereous streak, which is attenuated and angular at its hind end ; 

 a large cinereous space about the interior angle. Hind wings 

 cinereous-brown. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 33 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Hypena subapicalis. 



Fcem. Fuse a ; corpus subtus album; fasciculus frontalis pro- 

 ductus ; thorax cinereo-conspersus ; alac anlicce latiusculce, 

 nigro subconspersat, linea postica arcuata, maculis duabus 

 lineaqne exteriore vix undulata nigr is, fascia adhuc exteriore 

 maculaque subapicali albidis, linea submarginali cinerea 

 angulosa, margine exteriore postico subobliquo ; posticce obscure 

 cinerece. 



Female, Brown. Body white beneath. Frontal tuft promi- 

 nent. Thorax cinereous-speckled. Legs slender, cinereous beneath ; 

 tips of the tarsal joints whitish. Fore wings acute, rather broad, 

 thinly black-speckled ; a black curved line near the base extending 

 from the interior border to the disk, where it approaches a black 

 spot; the latter has on its outer side another black spot, which 

 represents the reniform; a hardly undulating black line beyond the 

 reniform, bordered with cinereous on its inner side and on its outer 

 side by a narrow whitish band ; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag, 

 terminating in a whitish costal subapical spot; marginal points 

 black, each connected with a cinereous point; three white points on 

 the exterior part of the costa ; exterior border slightly oblique land- 

 ward. Hind wings dark cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



Closely allied to H. Molpusalis. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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