38 CATALOGUE OF 



falcatce, apud costam nigricantes, lineis duabus purpurea- 

 nigricantibus diffusis vix undulatis, exteriore lineam cer- 

 vinam denticulatam includente, reniformi e gutlis duabus 

 nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Fawn-colour speckled with brown. Palpi dark brown, 

 moderately tufted, slightly ascending, almost as long as the thorax; 

 third joint lanceolate, whitish at the tip, about one-third of the 

 length of the second. Abdomen brownish cinereous, not crested. 

 Wings rather narrow; marginal lunules black. Fore wings acute, 

 not subfalcate, mostly blackish along thecosta ; two blackish diffuse 

 hardly undulating lines with a purplish tinge, the exterior one 

 containing a denticulated fawn-coloured line ; reniform mark dis- 

 tinguished by two black dots. Hind wings cinereous; lines indis- 

 tinctly apparent, as they are also on the under side of the wings. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



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



Group 7. 



28. Hypena eallacialis. 



Mas et foem. Testacea aut subockracea ; palpi thorace vix bre- 

 viores ; abdomen pallide cinereum, nan cristatum ; antica 

 subfalcafa, lineis fuscescentibus denticulatis indistinctis nan- 

 nunquam guttularibus sa^pe obsoletis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 lestaceis, hac nonnunquam nigro bipunctata aut nigra, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris. 



Male and female. Testaceous or slightly ochraceous. Palpi 

 very slightly ascending, moderately tufted, nearly as long as the 

 thorax; third joint lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the 

 second, with which it forms a slight angle. Abdomen pale cine- 

 reous, not crested. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings slightly 

 subfalcate ; lines brownish, denticulated, indistinct, occasionally 

 composed of dots, often obsolete, the submarginal one sometimes 

 accompanied by whitish or testaceous points ; orbicular and reni- 

 form marks testaceous, the latter frequently with two black points, 

 rarely quite black ; marginal points black. Hind wings with 

 markings less distinct than those of the fore wings. Var. — Fore 

 wings with the interior and exterior lines straight, the latter ap- 

 pearing also on the hind wings. Length of the body 4 — 6 lines; 

 of the wings 10 — 14 lines. 



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



