88 NOCTUIDA. 
In the form étristis the markings of the fore wing are dark and 
obscure ; the ground-colour darker. 
Hab. Khandala; Bombay; Nilgiris. Hap. 30-36 millim. 
_ 2965. Hypena obfuscalis, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. ix, p. 120, pl. 166, 
figs. 18, 19. 
Differs from obstupidalis in being dark reddish brown. Fore 
wing with the antemedial line rufous and more distinct ; the post- 
medial line not curved but very slightly sinuous and outwardly 
oblique; the submarginal line more dentate. Underside without 
postmedial line to hind wing. 
One specimen has diffused white beyond the postmedial line. 
Hab, Ceylon. Exp. 32 millim. 
2966. Hypena mediana, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 189; C. § S. no. 2896. 
Dark fuscous. Fore wing with the basal half blackish as far as 
the medial line, which is erect and angled outwards above vein 1 
and beyond cell; a very indistinct sinuous subimarginal series of 
grey specks; an oblique dentate apical streak; the outer area 
slightly darker than the postmedial. 
Hab. Sikhim; Parisnath Hill, Bengal. Lap. 30 millim. 
2967. Hypena mandatalis, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 58; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. ix 
pl. 166, fg. 11; C. & S. no. 2894. 
Differs from obstupidalis in being more rufous brown. Fore 
wing with the basal half sometimes very dark brown; the ante- 
and postmedial lines with some leaden scales on their edges, the 
latter angled beyond cell and on vein 2; a black dot below the upper 
angle; the marginal sinuous series of specks indistinct; a dark 
blotch below apex usually present. Underside uniform. 
Hab. Bombay; Ceylon; Rangoon. Evp. 30 millim. 
{ 2968. Hypena cognata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 224, pl. 175, fig. 8; 
C. & S. no. 2868. 
Differs from mandatalis in the palpi being more slender; the 
postmedial line of the fore wing more oblique with the two angles © 
slighter ; a pale curved apical streak with two dark specks above 
it and dark suffusion below it. 
Hab. Sibsdgar; Calcutta. Hap. 30 millim. 
2969, Hypena quesitalis, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 58; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. ix, 
pl. 166, fig. 4; C. § S. no. 2906. 
Differs from mandatalis in being much more ferruginous. Fore 
wing with the antemedial line whiter, oblique, and ending below 
vein 2, where it nearly joins the postmedial line, which is straight 
and erect from the costa to vein 2, where it is incurved, its outer 
edge with diffused bluish white on it; some grey suffusion at apex, 
and two small subapical white dentate marks. 
Hab. Ceylon. xp. 30 millim. 
