1138 CATALOGUE OF 



Hypena LIGNEALIS. 



Foem. Cinereo-cervina ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus, densus ; 

 palpi porrecti, graciles, capitis latitudine multo longiores, 

 articulo 2o supra dense fimbria to ; abdomen basi cristatum ; 

 alee anticce gutta basali maculaque subcostali nigris, vitta 

 angulata plaguque duabus fuscis ; posticce cinerea?. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, or wood-colour, cinereous 

 beneath. Frontal tuft porrect, thick. Palpi porrect, slender, very 

 much longer than the breadth of the head; second joint thickly 

 fringed above; third lanceolate, about one-third of the length' of the 

 second. Abdomen cinereous, crested at the base. Legs smooth, 

 slender. Fore wings with a black basal dot; an angular brown 

 stripe in the disk, joining a brown patch in front of it, the latter 

 connected with a subcostal black spot; a brown patch beyond the 

 stripe and extending to the exterior border. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



This species is very like H. labatalis, but the latter has much 

 longer palpi. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



HVPENA UNDULALIS. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi graciles, subtus albidi, capitis lati- 

 tudine paullo longiores ; antennce setulosce ; alee antica pallide 

 cinerece, elongatce, acutce, vitta discali nigricante subjiexa 

 postice albido marginata, lineis tribus exterioribus pallide 

 fuscis, plaga postica nigricante ; posticce fuscescente-cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, more cinereous beneath. Frontal 

 tuft long, porrect. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, slender, whitish be- 

 neath, a little longer than the breadth of the head; third joint 

 lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Antenna? setulose. 

 Abdomen cinereous, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings elongate. Fore wings pale cinereous, 

 acute, with a blackish discal stripe, which extends from very near 

 the base to the end of the costa ; this stripe forms a slight inward 

 angle on its fore side beyond the middle, and is slightly concave 

 along the middle part of its hind side, which is bordered, except 

 towards the base, by a whitish line; three pale brown lines between 

 the whitish line and the exterior border, which is very slightly con- 

 vex and rather oblique; a blackish patch near the interior angle. 



