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the interior border ; the outline of this dark part is slightly excavated 

 and bordered with white towards the base on its hind side, and is 

 slightly oblique on its exterior side, where it has an obtuse indented 

 tooth ; submarginal line composed of diffuse blackish spots ; space 

 between it and the exterior border brownish ; marginal points black, 

 orbicular mark forming a black dot. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



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



18. Hypena manalis. 



Mas. Pallid e cinerea ; palpi fusci ; thorace fuscescens ; abdomen 

 subcristatum ; alee anticce vix falcatce, basi et apud marginem 

 exteriorem fuscescentes, plaga magna obliqua subrhomboidali 

 nigro-fusca, striga apieali lata obliqua pallida poslice nigri- 

 cante marginata, linea submarginali e gutiis nigri cantibus. 



Male. Pale cinereous. Palpi brown, slightly pilose, moderately 

 Ions: ; third joint whitish at the lip, full half the length of the second, 

 with which it forms a distinct angle. Thorax brownish. Abdomen 

 slightly crested. Fore wings hardly falcate, brownish at the base 

 and along the exterior border, with a large oblique subrhomboidal 

 blackish brown patch, which has a whitish border and whose hind 

 angles are rounded ; a broad pale oblique apical streak, which has an 

 irregular blackish hind border ; submarginal line composed of black- 

 ish dots. Hind wings without markings. Length of the body 

 3J — 4 lines ; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



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



19. Hypena madefactalis. 



H. vetustali affinis ; alee anticce costam versus f us cce postice cine- 

 rascentes rosea et viridescente nitentes, linea submarginali 

 pallidiore undulata, macula magna trigona marginali saturate 

 fusca ; posticce pallide fuscce. 



Hypena madefactalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 35, 33. 



North America. 



