32 CATALOGUE OF 



various dark brown clots; a dark brown angular subapical mark 

 almost contiguous to a dark brown triangular costal spot; orbicular 

 and reniform deep black, the latter incomplete. Hind wings brown. 

 Length ol the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



16. Hypena benignalis. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea ; fasciculus frontalis fusceseens, albo mar- 

 ginatus ; palpi thorace paullo breviores, articuli 'Si apicealbo ; 

 thorax fasciis duabus ferrugineo-fuscis ; alee anticce plaga 

 maxima fer rug ineofusca nigro ynarginata. striga costali obliqud 

 nigricante, linea submarginali e guttis albidis nigro notatzs, 

 orbiculari e gutta nigra. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Frontal tuft brownish, with a white 

 line on each side. Palpi ferruginous-brown, broadly tufted, hardly 

 ascending, a little shorter than the thorax ; third joint white at the 

 tip, full one-fourth of the length of the second, with which it forms 

 an angle. Thorax with two ferruginous-brown bands in front. 

 Abdomen not crested. Fore wings hardly subfalcate ; nearly two- 

 thirds of the length occupied by a ferruginous-brown patch, which 

 proceeds from the base, and occupies the costa, but does not extend 

 to the interior border ; its outline is black and somewhat indented 

 and angular ; a blackish costal oblique streak nearly joining the 

 patch; submarginal line composed of whitish black-marked dots; 

 marginal lunules blackish ; orbicular mark forming a black dot. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Bedman's collection. 



17. Hypena bijugalis. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi thorace breviores ; aim anticce 

 plaga maxima nigro-fusca posticcc albo marginata , linea sub- 

 marginali e maculis diffusis nigricantibus, spalio marginali 

 fuscescente, punctis marginalibus nigris, orbiculari e gutta 

 nigra. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Palpi shorter than the thorax ; their 

 plumes not extending to the tip of the third joint. Fore wings 

 blackish brown for full half the length from the base, except along 



