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submarginal one, which is indicated by some black white-pointed 

 spots ; a brown interior discal dot ; reniform mark indicated by two 

 brown white-pointed dots; costa blackish; fringe yellow, with 

 blackish marks. Hind win?s dark cinereous ; fringe like that of 

 the fore wings, but less bright. Male.— Thorax and fore wings 

 brownish fawn-colour. Palpi straight, slightly ascending. Fore 

 wings narrower than those of the female; exterior border extremely 

 oblique ; costa whitish. Hind wings with a slight ferruginous 

 tinge on the exterior border. Length of the body 7—8 lines ; of the 

 wings 16-— 17 lines. 



This species recedes much from the typical form of Hypena, but 

 hardly constitutes a distinct genus, 

 a, b. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Group 6. 



77. Hypena labatalis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, suhfasciculati, thorace 

 longiores ; antenna longce, gracillimce ; alee sat angus tee; an- 

 ticce subfalcata, subpurpurascentes^ nigro subconspersce, posticce 

 pallidce, striga apicali albida arcuata trifurcata, lineis indis- 

 tinctiS) lunulis marginalibus fuscis. 



Female. Cinereous*brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 horizontal, slightly tufted, much longer than the thorax; third joint 

 lanceolate, slender, less than half the length of the second, with 

 which it does not form an angle. Antennae very slender, much 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not crested. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings subfalcate, slightly speckled 

 with black and with a slight purplish tinge ; space along the interior 

 border pale, with an undulating outline ; a whitish curved trifurcate 

 apical streak; lines indistinct; marginal lunules brown. Hind 

 wings without markings. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 Uplines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Group 7. 



78. Hypena abducalis. 



Mas. Cinerea; fasciculus frontalis longissimus ; palpi por recti, 

 graciles, snbtus basi albi ; alee longiusculce ; anticce subfal- 

 catce, margine exteriore subcunvexo, angulo interiore valde 



