4& CATALOGUE OF 



46. Hypena abscondalis. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca; alee latiuscnlce; anlica vix falcatce, 



spatio exteriore obscure cinereo-fusco subpurpurascente, linea 



exteriors nigricante flexa valde obliqua, submaryinali e guttis 



nigricantibus, lunulis marginalibm nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous beneath. Abdomen 



cinereous. Wings rather broad. Fore wings hardly falcate, 



minutely speckled with black, dark cinereous-brown, with a slight 



purplish tinge beyond the exterior line, which is blackish, very 



oblique, much bent opposite the areolet, nearly upright from 



thence to the costa ; space between the bend and the tip of the 



wing ferruginous-brown ; submarginal line composed of blackish 



dots ; marginal lunules black ; reniform mark of the usual form. 



Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 



13 lines. 



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



47. Hypena obditalts. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi validi, porrecti, pilosi, thorace 

 vix breviores ; alee vix latce ; anticce subfalcatce, linea interiore 

 subobsoleta, exteriore recta obliqua tenui albida intus ferrugi- 

 neo margxnata antice arcuata, submarginali e punctis albis et 

 nigricantibus, lunulis warginalibus albis nigra punctatis, or- 

 biculari e gutta parva nigra, 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Palpi stout, porrect, pilose, almost 

 as long as the thorax ; third joint hardly more than one-fourth 

 of the length of the second, with which it forms an angle. Wings 

 hardly broad. Fore wings subfalcate ; interior line almost obsolete ; 

 exterior line straight, oblique, slender, whitish, bordered with ferru- 

 ginous on the inner side, much curved inward as it approaches the 

 costa; submarginal line indicated by white and blackish points; 

 marginal lunules white, with black points; orbicular mark forming 

 a minute black dot. Hind wings with a brown marginal line. 

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



a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



