84 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Pale brown. Palpi slightly ascending, a little shorter 

 than the thorax ; second joint pilose above ; third lanceolate, more 

 porrect than the second and more than half its length. Antennae 

 rather stout. Abdomen long, extending somewhat beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings long. Fore wings subfalcate, thinly and minutely 

 speckled with black ; lines denticulated, blackish ; submarginal line 

 rather more conspicuous than the others, which are very indistinct ; 

 a black basal point; orbicular and reniform marks blackish, the lat- 

 ter interrupted ; marginal points black ; under side with a blackish 

 dot close to the costaat five-sixths of the length. Hind wings a 

 little paler and more cinereous than the fore wings, with an indis- 

 tinct exterior line, which appears also beneath. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species has some resemblance to the group of H. paritalis 

 as regards the wings, but differs much from it in the structure of 

 the palpi. 



a m p Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Hypena surreptalis. 



Fcem. Cinerea, nigra conspersa ; palpi validly porrecti, pilosi ; 

 alee anticcB subfalcatce, linea interiore valde indistincta, exte- 

 rior e fusca recta obliqua lata extus pallido marginata, submar- 

 ginali indistincta, striga subapicali subdivisa atra, lineola 

 subapicali albida, orbiculari e gutta fusca. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi stout, porrect, pilose, rather shorter 

 than the thorax ; third joint not more than one-third of the length 

 of the second, with which it forms a distinct angle. Thorax and 

 fore wings speckled with black. Abdomen and hind wings some- 

 what paler. Fore wings subfalcate, moderately broad ; interior line 

 very indistinct ; exterior line brown, straight, oblique, broad, with a 

 pale outer border; submarginal line indistinct, shortened in front 

 by a deep black almost divided subapical streak, in front of which 

 there is a little whitish line ; marginal lunules black ; orbicular mark 

 forming a brown dot. Hind wings without markings. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



