60 CATALOGUE OF 



67. Hypena ignotalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, late faseiculati, thorare brevi- 

 ores, arliculo So lanceolato brevi apice albido ; alee anticce sub- 

 falcata, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis undulatis denticula- 

 t?s pallida marginatis postice approximatis, submarginali valde 

 denticulata, lunulis marginalibus obscure fuscis, orbiculari e 

 gutta nigra. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, shorter than the tho- 

 rax, broadly tufted ; third joint lanceolate, whitish at the tip, form- 

 ing a distinct angle with the second, of which it is not more than 

 one-fourth the length. Fore wings subfalcate, with the interior and 

 exterior lines brown, pale bordered, undulating, denticulated, remote 

 on the costa, but converging much towards the interior border; sub- 

 marginal line much denticulated, terminated towards the costa by a 

 whitish black-lined streak ; marginal lunules dark brown ; orbicular 

 mark represented by a black dot. Hind wings with a brown mar- 

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



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



68. Hypena laceratalis. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca, H. ignotali simillima ; palpi porrecti, va- 

 lidi, pilosi, thor ace non breviores ; abdomen cinereum, cristis 

 fuscis; ala antica? cinerea, nigra conspersce, sat angnstcc, nan 

 falcata, ferrugineo-fusco ex parte nebulosa?, linea interiore in- 

 distincta, exteriore subundulata, striga obtiqua albida, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris albo marginatis, fimbria interlineata. 



Female. Closely allied to H. ignotalis, from which it differs in 

 the form of the exterior line and in several markings on the fore 

 wings. Cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, stout, pilose, as long as 

 the thorax ; third joint whitish at the tip, forming a distinct angle 

 with the second, of which it is not more than one-fourth of the length. 

 Abdomen cinereous, with brown crests. Fore wings cinereous, rather 

 narrow, not falcate, speckled with black, partly shaded with ferrugi- 

 nous-brown, which is most prevalent between the interior and exte- 

 rior lines ; interior line indistinct ; exterior line slightly undulating, 

 traversed by an oblique whitish streak which partly accompanies the 

 interior line; two or three black white-bordered subapical streaks 

 behind the whitish costal points; marginal lunules black, bordered 

 with white ; fringe interlined like that of the hind wings, which have 



