82 NOCTUID A. 
prominent ; the white speck and rufous ante- and postmedial lines 
absent. Hind wing and underside darker. 
The form urticola is pale, with large dark patches on middle of 
costa of fore wing and below apex. 
flab. N.W. Himalayas. wp. 44 millim. 
2938. Hypena divaricata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 189; C. & S. no. 2878. 
¢. Red-brown, irrorated with black. Fore wing with indistinct 
antemedial line, highly angled at median nervure and almost joined | 
at inner margin by a very oblique line trom the costa before apex ; 
the specks in and at end of cell black; a pale apical streak and 
traces of a submarginal line. Abdomen and hind wing fuscous 
brown. 
flab. Sikhim. wp. 36 millim. 
B. Fore wing short and broad, with the raised specks absent or one 
minute one in cell; abdominal tufts usually well developed. 
2939. Hypena albisigna, Moore, Lep. Atk. p.188; C. & S. no. 2856. 
Dark brown. Fore wing with a somewhat indistinct waved 
antemedial line ; a white L-mark in the cell; an erect, slightly 
sinuous dark postmedial line; a submarginal sinuous series of 
indistinct dark specks; a marginal dark line. Hind wing fuscous, 
with a marginal dark line; the cilia darkest at middle; underside 
of fore wing with postmedial line and subapical black and white 
speck ; hind wing with cell-spot and postmedial and submarginal 
lines. ' 
Hab. Khiasis. Hap. 32 millim. 
2940. Hypena umbripennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 192; Waterh, Aid, 
ible JOG I7Asy, wey, Gy 
Differs from albisigna in being without the white L-mark on 
fore wing ; the postmedial line may be almost straight and has a 
pale outer edge, varying in being slightly inwardly to slightly out- 
wardly oblique; three white specks may be present on costa 
towards apex. Underside with the subapical speck and markings 
of hind wing indistinct. 
The colour may be fuscous or dark reddish brown. 
Hab. Khasis. Exp. 32 millim. 
2941. Hypena tenebralis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 88; C. & S. 
no. 2917. : 
Very dark red-brown. Fore wing slightly irrorated with grey ; 
faint traces of antemedial and postmedial lines, the latter incurved 
below the cell and nearly meeting the antemedial line at inner 
margin; a dark streak on discocellulars ; a submarginal series of 
black and white specks from the costa to vein 4, from which there 
is an indistinct curved line to inner margin; an obscure apical 
