LEPIDOPTERA HEXEROCERA. 83 



denticulate extus pallido marginata, submarginali e guttis 

 nigricantibus pallido uotatis, orbiculari e gutta nigricante ; 

 posticce fuscce. 



Hypena palpitralis, M. B. MSS. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, slender, more cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, moderately pilose, nearly as long as the thorax ; second 

 joint very slightly curved ; third about one-third of the length of the 

 second, with which it forms a slight angle. Fore wings cinereous, 

 rather narrow, subfalcate, minutely mottled with brown ; exterior 

 line brown, denticulated, with a pale outer border ; submarginal line 

 indicated by blackish dots with pale outer marks ; orbicular mark 

 forming a blackish dot. Hind wings brown, without markings. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines; 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



HYPENA L&TALIS. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; palpi graciles, porrecti aut vix ascendentes, 

 supra nigro pilosi, thorace vix breviores ; alee anticce subfal- 

 catce, linea exteriore alba tenui recta obliqua, spatio exteriore 

 fuscescente, linea submarginali e punctis nigricantibus, or- 

 biculari nigra punctiformi. 



Female. Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, por- 

 rect or hardly ascending, with black hairs above, nearly as long as 

 the thorax ; third joint full one-third of the length of the second, 

 with which it hardly forms an angle. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings subfalcate, with a slender straight oblique exterior 

 white line, beyond which they are more brownish than ferruginous ; 

 submarginal line indicated by blackish points; orbicular mark 

 black, punctiform. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



West Africa. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Hypena suscitatalis. 



M as. Pallide fusca ; palpi subascendentes, thorace paullo breviores ; 

 antennce sat validce ; abdomen longum ; alee antica? longce, 

 subfalcatce, nigro subconspersce, lineis nigricantibus denticulatis 

 indistinctis, puncto basali nigro, orbiculari et reniformi nigri- 

 cantibus, gutta subtus nigricante subcostali ; posticce linea in- 

 distincta discali obscuriore. 



