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and narrow. Fore wings not falcate, partly clouded with cinereous, 

 with three more distinct oblique slightly undulating cinereous lines ; 

 third or submarginal one interrupted, accompanied by white points, 

 of which the subcostal pair are more distinct than the others and 

 appear also on the under side ; an indistinct undulating brown line 

 on each side of the exterior line ; marginal line brown, like that of 

 the hind wings, which have a brown discal line on the under side. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Hypena mcestalis. 



Fcem. Obscure ferruginea, valida ; palpi por recti, sat graciles, 

 pilis arete applicatis, thorace vix breviores ; alee longce, latius- 

 culm ; anticce subfalcatce, subpurpurascentes, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore nigricantibus denticulatis indistinctis, submarginali 

 fusca undulata postice subobsoleta pallido extus submarginata, 

 lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus, reniformi nigra pallido 

 notata ; posticce fuscce, lineis indistinctis obscurioribus. 



Female. Dark ferruginous, rather stout, brownish cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi porrect, rather slender, with closely applied hairs, 

 about as long as the thorax ; third joint whitish towards the tip, 

 less than one-third of the length of the second, with which it forms 

 an angle. Wings long, rather broad. Fore wings subfalcate, with 

 a slight purplish tinge ; interior and exterior lines blackish, denti- 

 culated, indistinct ; submarginal line brown, undulating, almost obso- 

 lete hind ward, with a slight and incomplete pale outer border; mar- 

 ginal lunules blackish ; reniform mark black, with the disk mostly 

 pale. Hiud wings brown, with two indistinct darker lines, which 

 are most apparent on the under side, where there is also a brown 

 discal mark. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Hypena hast a talis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-albida ; fasciculus frontalis parvus ; palpi fusees- 

 centes, porrecti, graciles, thorace paullo longiores ; articulus 2us 

 subarcuatus ; pedes longi, graciles; alee longce ; anticce sub- 

 falcate, nigro vix conspersce, lineis denticulatis nigricantibus 

 indistinctis incompletis lineisque nonnullis obliquis valde in- 

 completis e punctis guttisque nigris ; posticce obscuriores. 



