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Group 8. 



29. Hypena habitalis. 



Mas. Rufescente lateritia ; palpi breves; abdomen cinereum, 

 apice rufescenS) non cristatum ; ales angustce, punctis margi- 

 nalibus nigris ; anticce vix falcatce, Uriels interiore et exteriore 

 nigricantibus subobliquis subrectis, submarginali subundulata 

 e punctis albis nigro notatis, reniformi nigricante ; posticce 

 cinerece, venis extus fimbriaque rufescentibus. 



Mule. Reddish brick-colour, partly cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 short, obliquely ascending, very slightly pilose, much less than twice 

 the length of the head; third joint cylindrical, full half the length 

 of the second, with which it forms an angle. Abdomen cinereous, 

 reddish at the tip, not crested. Wings narrow ; marginal points 

 black. Fore wings very slightly subfalcate ; interior and exterior 

 lines blackish, slightly oblique, nearly straight; submarginal line 

 slightly undulating, composed of white black-marked points; reui- 

 form mark blackish, of the usual form. Hind wings cinereous ; 

 veins exteriorly and fringe reddish ; the lines apparent on the under 

 side. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Mexico. 



The only Mexican species belongs to a section which is quite 

 distinct from all the preceding and all the following groups, with 

 the exception of the ninth South American group. It is distinguished 

 by the colour of the wings, by the quadrate form of the fore wings, 

 and by the long straight stout palpi, of which the third joint does 

 not form an angle with the second. 



30. Hypena abrasalis. 



Mas. Viridescente-lutea : caput rufescens ; palpi extus rufi, apice 

 nigricantes ; abdomen luteum ; ales anticce apud costam 

 albldo'cinerece, lineis interiore et exteriore albidis obliquis vix 

 undulatis apud costam obsoletis, reniformi ?iigra, fimbria 

 purpurascente-rufa ; posticce lutece. 



Male. Like H. absorptalis in structure. Greenish luteous, 

 pale beneath. Head reddish. Palpi red above and on the outer 



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