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HTPENID^. 
Hypena persimilis. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 13.) 
Expanse \h inch. 
Male. Closely allied to H. asshnilis ; tlie whole basal area dark purplish brown^ crossed 
hy a narrow waved indistinct subbasal band ; the medial band more irregular and much more 
inwardly-oblique ; the curved black subapical mark less distinct. Also allied to H. indicatalis, 
which is without the white lunule at cud of cell of fore wing, and has black marks inside the 
apical streak. 
Hypena griseapex. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 7.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing smoky brown ; some black specks below the median nervure near the 
base ; a very indistinct antemedial outwardly-oblique narrow brown band ; a small black spot 
in the middle of the cell ; the end of the cell and area below it irroratcd with black scales ; a 
postoicdial erect narrow brown baud, the ai'ca immediately beyond it suffused with grey ; 
some white specks on the costa towards the apex ; a large apical grey patch, with a diffused 
black streak below it from the apex. Hind wing fiiscous, with a dark antecilial line. Under- 
side grey ; a dark streak across end of cell of hind wing. 
Allied to H. molpusaJis, but larger, less marked, and with much straighter medial band. 
Hypena squamea. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 22.) 
Expanse 1 inch. 
Female. Fore wing purplish grey-brown ; a patch of raised black scales towards the end 
of the cell ; some similar scattered scales below the middle and end of it ; a slightly irregular 
medial erect red-brown fascia ; outer area paler ; two indistinct waved postmedial grey 
bands; three ochreous-white specks on costa towards apex; a prominent curved ochreous- 
white apical streak, with the area immediately below it dark brown; a lunulate antecilial 
line. Hind wing fuscous; cilia pale, dark at middle of wing; dark cilial and antecilial 
lines. 
Allied to H. laceratalis, the medial band not curved so much towards the base near 
inner margin. 
Hypena strigosa. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 14.) 
Expanse 1-1 j inch. 
Female. Fore wing olive-brown, some specimens with a greenish tinge; numerous dark 
strigse ; a narrow fascia, inwardly-oblique from costa, one fourth from apex to inner margin. 
