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CATALOGUE OF 



13. Hypena DECEPTALIS. 



FcEin. Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen cristatum ; palpi thorace vix 

 breviores ; alee anticce subfalcatce, spatio marginali pallidce, 

 lineis interior e et exterior e albido-cinereis bene determinatis, 

 interiore subundulata, exteriore obliqua subrecta, submarginali 

 fusca interrupta denticulata indistincta, orbiculari e gutta 

 nigricante, reniformi subobsoleta. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen cinereous, with slight 

 dark brown crests. Palpi almost as long as the thorax ; third joint 

 slightly pilose, about one fourth of the length of the second. Fore 

 wings subfalcate, moderately broad, mostly paler beyond the exterior 

 line ; interior and exterior lines whitish cinereous, very distinct ; 

 interior line slightly undulating; exterior line oblique, almost 

 straight ; submarginal line brown, interrupted, denticulated, not 

 distinct; orbicular mark forming a blackish dot; reniform almost 

 obsolete ; marginal line brown with a pale outer border, as it is also 

 in the pale cinereous hind wings. Length of the body 5 lines; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



a. — c. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Var. /3. Cinereafusco conspersa ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore 

 albidis, hac Jlexa intus fusco marglnata, ilia subundulata, 

 linea submarginali albida denticulata nigricante guttata, 

 maculis duabus costalibus pallide cinereis, orbiculari e gutta 

 nigra. 



Var. f3. Cinereous, speckled with brown, whitish cinereous be- 

 neath. Wings with a testaceous marginal line edged with brown on 

 the inner side. Fore wings with the interior and exterior lines 

 whitish, more apart on the costa than on the interior border; interior 

 line slightly undulating; exterior line with an outward bend in 

 front; a diffuse brown band along its inner side ; submarginal line 

 whitish, denticulated, accompanied by blackish dots; a pale cinereous 

 costal spot on its outer side, and another on the outer side of the 

 exterior line ; orbicular mark forming a black dot. Hind wings 

 cinereous, paler towards the border, with a small brown discal mark 

 beneath. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



d. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



