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21. HVPENA ERECTALIS. 



H. scabrali simillima, minor; palporum articulus 2us hmgior;. 

 alee anticce angustiores, nigricante-cinerece, fusco et Jlavescenle 

 varies, nigro conspersce, linea submarginali pallida indetermi- 

 nata, linea adhuc exteriore nigricante, gutta apud aiigulum 

 interiorem nigra. 



Crambus crassatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. 366. 



Hypena obesalis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 11, 2. Wood, f. 759. 



Hypena erectalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 40, 46. 



Hypena scabralis, var.P 



Nortb America. 



22. Hypena caducalis, 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca, su b purpuras cens ; palpi thorace breviores^ 

 articuli Si apice albo ; abdomen cristatum ; alee anticce sub- 

 falcatce, lineis obscure fuscis subundulatis, exteriore et sub- 

 marginali valde diffusis, striga apicali obliqua diffusa 

 obscure fusca. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, with a slight purplisb tinge. Palpi 

 porrect, broadly tufted, shorter than the thorax ; third joint tufted 

 almost to the tip, which is white, about one-third of the length of 

 the second. Abdomen crested. Fore wings subfalcate ; lines dark 

 brown, slightly undulating ; exterior and submarginal lines very 

 diffuse, the former nearer to the interior one hindward than on the 

 costa; an oblique diffuse dark brown apical streak ; a brown mar- 

 ginal line like that of the hind wings, which have no markings. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



23. Hypena germanalis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, nigro conspersa ; palpi thorace paullo 

 breviores, articulo 3o brevissimo ; alee anticce sat angustce non 

 falcata, lineis obsoletis, orbiculari e gutta nigra, gutta poste- 

 rior nigra, reniformi e punctis duobus nigricantibus, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris , fimbria interlineata. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, speckled with black. Palpi 

 hardly ascending, broadly tufted above, a little shorter than the 

 thorax ; third joint tufted to the tip, less than one-fourth of the 



