34 CATALOGUE OF 



Group 3. 

 20. Hypena scabralis. 



Ferrugineo-fusca; palpi thorace breviores, fasciculo apicali trun- 

 cate inciso ; abdomen fusco-cinerascens, cristis nigricantibus ; 

 ' ala? antica? angustte, subfalcata>, apud unguium interinrem 

 dentata?, cinereo plus minusve varia?, squamis nonnullis nigris, 

 liiuris discalibus et subapicali nigris nonnunquam obsoletis ; 

 posticus ceneo-fusca?. 



Hypena scabralis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 40, 45. 



Hyblaea scabra, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 4. 



Crambus palpatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. 366. 



Hypena palpalis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 12, 3. Wood, f. 760. 



Var. Ferruginea, subtus fuscescente-cinerea ; abdomen cinereum, 

 cristis nigricantibus ; palpi thorace breviores, articulo So bre- 

 vinsculo sat obtuso ; alee antic ce fas co conspersa cinereo varia, 

 s trig a nonnunquam pallide cinerea obliquu apicali, lineis 

 inleriore, exteriore et submarginuli obscure fuscis undulatis 

 denticulatis, interiore nigra poslice magis determinata, orbicu- 

 lari e gutta nigra, reniformi indistincta, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; posticce teneo-cinerea?, fimbria pallidiore. 



Female. Ferruginous, brownish cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 cinereous, with blackish crests. Palpi rather shorter than the tho- 

 rax: third joint rather short and obtuse. Fore wings speckled with 

 dark brown, more or less varied with cinereous, sometimes with a 

 pale cinereous oblique apical streak; interior, exterior and submar- 

 ginal lines dark brown, undulating, denticulated; exterior line 

 black and more distinct towards the interior border; orbicular mark 

 forming a black dot; reniform indistinct; marginal points black. 

 Hind wings aeneous-cinereous ; fringe paler. Length of the body 

 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 12 — 15 lines. 



a — /. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



g. Philadelphia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



h — o. Trenton Falls, New York, Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



p—v. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



u. Nova Scotia. From Lieut, ffcedman's collection. 



w. Massachusetts. From Prof. Sheppard's collection. 



