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riorihus, lineis interiore et exteriors fuscis subundulatis^ hac 

 pallido marginata, linea submarginali undulata inlerrupta 

 maculaque trigona apicali pallidis, orbicular i niyrivante 

 punctiformi, reniformi indistincta. 



Male and female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi dark brown, 

 shorter than the thorax ; apical tuft truncated. Fore wiugS mode- 

 rately broad, rectangular at the tips, not subfaleate, with a very- 

 slight lilac tinge, somewhat darker about the exterior border and 

 between the interior and exterior brown slightly undulating lines ; 

 exterior line with a pale outer border ; submarginal line pale, undu- 

 lating, interrupted, contiguous in front to the pale triangular apical 

 spot ; orbicular mark blackish, punctiform ; reniform indistinct. 

 Hind wings pale, with the lines visible beneath; marginal line 

 brown, like that of the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



«, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



12. HVPENA GENERALIS. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cervina, subtus cinerea ; palpi acuti, porrecti, 

 thorace vix breviores ; aim anticce pallide cincrece, apud costam 

 mblestaceoe, lineis quatuor fuscescente-cervinis, interiore et ex- 

 teriore concisis denticulalis, media et submarginali val.de dif- 

 fusis, reniformi puncta dua nigra includente, guttis margina- 

 libus nigris ; posticce cinerea?, lineis subtus bene determinalis. 



Female. Brownish lawn -colour, cinereous beneath, where the 

 hind wings have the lines well defined. Palpi acute, porrect, 

 nearly as long as the thorax. Abdomen pale cinereous. Fore 

 wings pale cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge along the costa ; 

 four brownish iawn-cohuued lines; interior and exterior lines con- 

 cise, denticulated ; middle and submarginal lines very diffuse ; 

 orbicular and reniform a little paler than the ground-colour of the 

 wiug, the former forming a <iot, the latter of the usual shape, con- 

 taining two black points; marginal dots black, more distinct than 

 those of the cinereous hind wings. Length of the body 5^ lines ; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



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