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with a large ^Durplish-brown patch ou the middle of its inner margin from near the upper 
extremity of cell to middle of median interspace and covering nearly the whole cell to its 
base ; another spot of the same colour at base of inner margin ; the apical streak ochreous 
Avhite^ forming a patch on the costa as far as the oblique fascia^ the area immediately below 
it dark brown ; a dark spot above the submedian nervure near the outer angle ; a series of 
small antecilial spots. Hind wing and underside fuscous^ the latter with a lunule at end of 
cell, and obscure medial band to both wings. 
Allied to H. urticicola ; it has small tufts of raised black scales on the fore wing like it 
and its allies^ but the markings are not very similar. 
Hypena nilgirica. (Plate CXLVIII. fig. 1.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing with the ground-colour composed of light- and dark -brown scales, with 
purple and pale patches near the base and beyond the postmedial band ; all these colours 
blurred and confused ; a waved red-brown antemedial band ; another postmedial with an 
obscure diffused band beyond it, of which the upper part is pale, the loAver purple, and 
traversed by a dark line ; an obscure pale apical streak, with a dentate line from it to outer 
angle ; an antecilial lunulate line. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia pale brown, dark at middle; an 
antecilial dark line. Underside pale ochreous, suffused with fuscous ; some dark strigaj on 
the costa of fore wing near apex ; a lunule in cell of hind wing. 
Allied to H. dispunctalis, Walk., but with antemedial band more regularly curved and 
medial band nearly straight and slightly outwardly-obhque, not curved. 
Hypena minor. (Plate CXLVIII. fig. 23.) 
Expanse | inch. 
Male. Fore wing mottled brown, somewhat suffused with purple ; a dark spot in centre 
of cell, and white speck at end of it ; some dark scales below median nervure near base ; a 
dark, somewhat waved and dentate, erect postmedial band, with a pale outer border ; three 
ochreous-white costal strigse near apex ; an apical irregular streak of the same colour, with an 
obscure pale lunulate line below it to outer angle. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia pale, dark at 
middle ; a fine antecilial line. Underside entire fuscous, except for the apical ochreous 
strigae, and a subapical speck of the same colour. 
Allied to H. squamea, but smaller, with a white speck at end of cell, and dentate post- 
medial band. 
