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62. HVPENA NARKATALIS. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi validly oblique ascendentes, dense pilosi ; 

 abdomen crista basali ferruginea ; alee anticce ampla, nigro 

 varice, vix falcate, lineis pallidis indistinctis nigro ex parte 

 marginal-is, interiore subobsoleta, exteriore subundulata, sub- 

 marginali interrupta; posticce cinereo -fusca?, fascia subtus 

 indistincta discali fusca, 



Male. Brown. Palpi short, obliquely ascending, thickly 

 pilose; third joint lanceolate, less than one-third of the length of 

 the second. Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen cinereous- 

 brown, wiih a ferruginous crest at the base. Joints of the tarsi with 

 pale cinertous tips. Fore wings ample, minutely mottled with 

 black, hardly falcate ; lines pale, indistinct, partly bordered with 

 black ; interior line almost obsolete ; exterior line slightly undu- 

 lating ; submarginal line interrupted ; some pale marks along the 

 exterior part of the costa. Hind wings cinereous-brown, with 

 an indistinct brown discal band on the under side. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 19 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Beid's collection. 



63. Hype n a jocosalis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi squamosi, thorace breviores ; articu- 

 lus Sas nudus, apice pallidus, 2i dimidio brevior ; abdomen 

 subcristatum ; pedes sat validi ; alee anticce subfalcate, apud 

 discum nigricante-fuscce cano marginate, fascia exteriore ob- 

 liqua inter lineata subarcuata cana, striga albida muculisque 

 duabus nigris albo marginatis apicalibus, linea interiore pal- 

 lida denticulata, orbiculari e gutta nigra. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi rather shorter than the tho- 

 rax ; second joint with short squamous hairs ; third bare, pale and 

 acuminated at the tip, a little less than half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen cinereous, very slightly crested towards the base. 

 Legs rather stout. Wings with a brown marginal line. Fore 

 wings slightly subfalcate; disk mostly blackish brown, with its bor- 

 ders partly and diffusedly hoary, and its outer part interrupted by 

 an oblique interlined very slightly curved hoary band ; a whitish 

 apical streak contiguous to two black white-bordered spots ; inte- 

 rior line pale, much denticulated ; orbicular mark forming a black 

 dot. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Cejlon. Presented by It. Templeton, Esq. 



