46 CATALOGUE OF 



Fore wings acute, not subfalcate ; exterior border straight ; the 

 three usual lines dark brown, slight, denticulated, whitish along 

 their outer sides ; submarginal line more denticulated than the 

 others; marginal festoon dark brown, like that of the hind wings ; 

 orbicular mark deep black, punctiform ; reniform blackish, indistinct. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



41. Hypena exceptalis. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi ascendentes, thorace breviores ; 

 tibiae anticce satvalidce ; alee linea subtus exteriore indistincta 

 obscure fusca ; anticce lineis tribus undulatis obscure fuscis, 

 interiore indistincta, exteriore albido marginata, submarginali 

 e punctis albidis, punctis marginalibus albidis ; posticee fim- 

 bria inter lineata. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, a little paler, and with a slight 

 cinereous tinge beneath, where the wings have a common indistinct 

 dark brown exterior line. Palpi shorter than the thorax, more 

 ascending: than in most species. Fore tibiae rather stout. Fore 

 wings with three dark brown undulating lines ; the interior one in- 

 distinct ; the exterior one with a whitish outer border ; the submar- 

 ginal one almost obsolete, but distinguished by whitish points ; 

 marginal line dark brown, with whitish points. Hind wings with a 

 dark brown marginal line ; fringe interlined. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



42. Hypena poerectalis. 



Var. ? Fcem. Cervina, subtus f uscescente-cinerea ; palpi obscure 

 fusci, thorace non breviores, articulo So cinereo ; alee anticce 

 lineis quatuor undulatis obliquis nigricantibus, linea submar- 

 ginali albido interlineata, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 posticee nigricante-cinerece, margine exteriore subjlexo. 

 Hypena porrectalis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL 37, 37. 



Var.? Female. Fawn-colour, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 dark brown, as long as the thorax ; third joint cinereous. Abdomen 

 brownish cinereous. Fore wings with four undulating oblique 

 blackish lines ; the fourth or submarginal one interlined with 



