LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 1139 



Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



Allied to H abducalis, from which it may be distinguished by 

 the undulating pale line of the fore wings. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



HYPENA EXTENSA. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; palpi porrecti, subfimbriati, thorace vix 

 breviores, articulo 3o lanceolato apice cinereo ; alee anticce 

 elongatce, purpurascente suffiusce, lineis cluabus obliquis sub- 

 rectis ferrugineo marginalia atomisque transversis obscurior- 

 ibus. 



Male, Dark brown, dark cinereous beneath. Frontal tuft 

 prominent, acute. Palpi porrect, with a short thick fringe, nearly 

 as long as the thorax ; third joint lanceolate, cinereous at the tip, 

 nearly one-third of the length of the second. Antennae setulose. 

 Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings elongate, 

 slightly purplish-tinged, minutely and transversely streaked with 

 darker brown ; two darker brown oblique nearly straight slightly 

 ferruginous-bordered lines ; one antemedial, the other postmedial ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Darjeeiing. In Mr. Russell's collection. 



Hypena longipennis. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi porrecti, rostriformes, corporis dimidio non 

 breviores, articulo So lanceolato brevi ; alee anticce angusta, 

 longissimtBj nigricante conspersce, apud costam glaucescentes, 

 punctis nonnutlis disci punctisque marginalibus nigris, mar- 

 gine exteriore pcrobliquo ; poslicce obscuriores. 



Male. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath, Frontal tuft acute, 

 very prominent. Palpi porrect, rostriform, about half the length of 

 the body ; third joint lanceolate, less than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, slightly compressed. Fore 

 wings narrow, blackish-speckled, very long, with a glaucous tinge 

 along the ensta, with a few black points in the disk and with black 

 marginal points ; exterior border slightly convex, extremely oblique. 



