LEPIDOPTEKA HETEKOCEKA. 1141 



white slightly oblique line at somewhat beyond the middle ; this 

 line is blackish-bordered on the inner side and is diffuse on the 

 outer side; a white point in the disk at one-third of the length, 

 and an indistinct submarginal line of minute whitish points ; mar- 

 ginal points white; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings brown. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Sula. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Hypena rufalis. 



Fcem. Purpurasrente-rufa ; palpi nigricantes, subangulati^ 

 capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores ; alee linea recta obliqua 

 flavescente-cinerea ferrugineo marginata, linea submarginali 

 e lituris nigricantibus ; antica? linea antemedia recta obliqua 

 flavescente-cinerea ferrugineo marginata, orbiculari e puncto 

 nigricante, reniformi e lunula flavescente-cinerea. 



Female. Purplish red, cinereous-red beneath. Palpi blackish, 

 squamous, porrect, more than twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint lanceolate, slightly ascending, less than half the 

 length of the second, with which it forms a very obtuse angle. Legs 

 smooth, slender. Wings with a straight yellowish cinereous line, 

 which is bordered with ferruginous on the inner side, and extends 

 from somewhat beyond the middle of the interior border of the hind 

 wings to a little beyond three-fourths of the length of the costa of 

 the fore wings ; submarginal line represented by some small blackish 

 marks; marginal points black; marginal line yellowish cinereous; 

 fringe purple, except towards the base. Fore wings acute ; a straight 

 oblique yellowish cinereous line near the base, bordered on the outer 

 side with ferruginous ; orbicular mark forming a blackish point ; 

 reniform represented by a yellowish cinereous semicircle ; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 15 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Hypena bbevipalpis. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi porrecti, subflmbriati, capitis latitudine 

 multo breviores, articulo 3o conico ; antenna? subpubescentes ; 

 aim anticce la tee , breviusculce, vix purpuraseentes, strigulis 

 transversis fasciaque diffusa subobliqua obscurioribus. 



