LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
843 
Hypena Degesalis. 
Mas et fcem. Glauco-cinerea ; palpi porrecti , late fimbriati , non 
longi ; alee anticce acutce , subtrigonce , fusco conspersce , 
angustce , /inm interiore et exteriore rectis obliquis fuscescenti- 
bus vix determinate , spatio marginali lato fasco lineam sub - 
marginalem lunulatam includente , orbiculari e puncto nigri- 
cante , margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo ; posticce 
cinerece. 
Male and female . Glaucous-cinereous. Palpi porrect, not 
long, broadly fringed ; third joint pale, acute, hardly extending be- 
yond the hairs. Fore wings acute, rather triangular, not broad, 
speckled with brown ; interior and exterior lines straight, oblique, 
slightly marked with brown, the former in part obsolete ; a broad 
brown marginal space, in which the lunulate submarginal line may 
be slightly traeed ; a blackish point indicating the orbicular mark ; 
exterior border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings cine- 
reous. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Hypena Mophisalis. 
Mas. Cinereo-cervina , gracilis ; palpi angulati, fimbriati, thorace 
longiores ; antennee subsetosce ; abdomen pallidum , alas posticas 
vix superans ; alee Longce, fusco conspersce , margine exteriore 
subjlexo ; anticce subfaleatee , fusco lineatce , linea interiore ar- 
cuata , lineis media exteriore et submarginali obliquis undu - 
latis dentatis , orbiculari et reniformi obsoletis ; posticce albido- 
cinerece. 
Male . Cinereous fawn-colour, slender. Palpi rather longer 
than the thorax, fringed to the tips ; third joint about half the length 
of the second, with which it forms an obtuse angle. Antennae mi- 
nutely setose. Abdomen pale, hardly extending beyond the hind 
wings. Wings long, not broad, minutely speckled with brown ; ex- 
terior border slightly bent. Fore wings subfalcate ; lines brown ; 
interior line curved ; middle, exterior and submarginal lines oblique, 
undulating, somewhat dentate ; discal marks obsolete. Hind wings 
whitish cinereous, except about the hind exterior part. Length of 
the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
This species may be included in the seventh South American 
group. 
a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
