LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCEttA. 37 



Male and female. Cinereous-brown. Palj>i porrect, slightly 

 tufted, as lung as tbe tborax ; third joint lanceolate, about one- 

 third of tbe length of the second, with which it forms a slight 

 angle. Abdomen not crested. Wings rather narrow; marginal 

 line brown ; fringe interlined. Fore wings acute, not subfalcate, 

 with a very slight lilac tinge, partly shaded with darker brown ; ex- 

 terior border very oblique ; interior and exterior lines pale, slightly 

 undulating ; exterior line more oblique than the interior one, 

 to which it is very much nearer on the interior border than on the 

 costa ; submarginal line blackish, undulating, accompanied by 

 whitish points ; marginal points whitish; orbicular mark forming 

 a black dot. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 1 1 lines. 



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

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



Group 5. 



26. Hypena cacuminalis. 



Mas. Cjinereo-fusca ; palpi longi ; articulus Sus 2i dimidio fere 

 longior ; alee latiusculce, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 vix falcatcc, lineis fusees centibus denticulatis diffusis valde 

 indistinctis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Palpi long, obliquely ascending, 

 slightly tufted ; third joint lanceolate, full half the length of the 

 second, with which it forms a slight angle. Abdomen not crested. 

 Wings rather broad ; marginal points black. Fore wings hardly 

 subfalcate ; lines brownish, denticulated, diffuse, very indistinct, 

 apparent also on the hind wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



This species has the acute frontal tuft of the Hypenidce, but its 

 palpi are somewhat like those of Herminia. 



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



Group 6. 



27. Hypena factiosalts. 



Mas. Cervina, fuseo eonspersa ; palpi obscure fusci, thorace vix 

 breviores ; abdomen fuseescente-cincreum^ non cristatum ; ala? 

 sat angustce, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce acuta , non 



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