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Var. y. Obscure fusea ; alee anticce nigro subconspersce, lineis tribus 

 pallide cinereis, interiore subangulata, exteriore subundulata, 

 submarginali den ticu lata, lituris contiguis diffusis niyrieanti- 

 bus, plaga apicali pallide cinerea. 



Var. y. Dark brown. Fore wings very minutely speckled with 

 black, with three pale cinereous lines; interior line forming a slight 

 angle in front and another hindward ; exterior line slightly undu- 

 lating ; submarginal line denticulated, with diffuse blackish marks 

 along its inner side, ending in a pale cinereous apical patch. 



e — g. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Group 2. 



14. Hypena baltimoralis. 



Fusca ; thorax cinereo conspersus, abdomen pallidum, cristis nigris ; 

 alee lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce basi et triente mar- 

 ginali albidis fusco variu, litura subapicali rectangulata, 

 punctis duobus contiguis et orbiculari atris, reniformi atro 

 submarginata ; posticce pallide cinerece. 



Hypena Baltimoralis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 34, 31. 



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

 d. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



15. Hypena abalienalis. 



Obscure fusca, subtus cinerea ; palpi breves; abdomen cristatum : 

 alee anticce linea interiore undulata albida sapissime subobso- 

 leta, exteriore Jiexa interlineata, guttis contiguis fuscis, litura 

 angulata subapicali maculaque costali trigona obscure fuscis 

 subcontiguis, orbiculari et reniformi atris, hac incompleta ; 

 posticce fuscce, lineis subtus distinctis. 



Nearly allied to H. crassalis and to H. baltimoralis. Dark 

 brown, cinereous beneath where the lines are distinctly marked on 

 the hind wings. Palpi short. Abdomen brownish cinereous, with 

 darker crests. Wings with blackish marginal lunules. Fore wings 

 with the interior line undulating, whitish, generally almost obsolete ; 

 exterior line bent, interlined, accompanied along its outer side by 



