234 CATALOGUE OF 



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 Hypena abzinalis. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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Hypena? Symethusalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; -palpi subangulati, non longi ; articulus 2us 

 porrectus, vix arcuatus, supra Jimbriatus ; 3us subnudus, 2i 

 dimidio non longior ; alee lineis fuscis denticulatis, submar- 

 ginali pallide cinerea ; anticce vix falcata, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi pallide f err ugineis, hac elliptica, ilia rotunda. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen, hind wings and under 

 side cinereous, speckled with brown. Palpi not long ; second joint 

 porrect, fringed above, hardly curved : third nearly bare, about half 

 the length of the second, with which it forms an obtuse angle. An- 

 tennae very minutely setose. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings moderately broad ; lines brown, denticulated, 

 distinct also beneath ; submarginal line pale cinereous ; marginal 

 lunules black. Fore wings very slightly falcate; orbicular and 

 reniform marks pale ferruginous; the iormer round; the latter 

 elliptical, not excavated. Length of the body 4 \ lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



This species, in the markings of the wings, resembles the 

 Herminidce, but has the frontal tuft like that of Hypena. 



a. — ? 



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Hyamia perditalis. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; articulus Sus 

 longi- fusif or mis, basi albidus, 2i dimidio valde longior ; alee 

 anticce subfalcatce, margine exteriore subangulato, lineis basali 

 et interiore pallide fuscis indistinctis valde denticulatis, exte- 

 riore nigra lata valde obliqua costam versus attenuata pallide 

 fusca valde reflexa, submarginali pallida subundulata, orbicu- 

 lari et reniformi e guttis duabus nigris. 



Female. Pale cinereous; under side with a slight testaceous 

 tinge. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint elongate-fusiform, 



