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Show 416 COL. c. SWINHOE ON N E W [NOV. 5, lunular and not dentated ; legs whitish with black spots above; fore legs brown, with white sides and white unmarked tarsi. Expanse of wings 2yL- inches. Hab. Assam. One example. Nearest to E. exprimens. Wings more acutely angulated on their outer margins and of an entirely different colour ; markings similarly disposed but without whitish edging. DELTOIDES. H Y P E N I D * . HYPENA HERBIGRADA, n. sp. Brown, very variable ; fore wings slightly darker than the hind wings ; fore wings with the orbicular and reniform in some specimens represented by pale dots, in some by black diffused marks, and in some they are not visible ; a submarginal black sinuous line and a post-medial outwardly curved sinuous black line, from the centre of the hinder margin to the costa near the apex, and a submarginal row of black points ; in some specimens the postmedial line is duplex ; these lines are sometimes very distinct, sometimes some of them are absent, in one or two specimens there is hardly a trace of any of them, and in two specimens the space between the subbasal and postmedial lines are deep black, and the rest of the wing pale pinkish brown, but all the markings visible are of exactly the same construction, and all the specimens are undoubtedly of one variable species. Hind wings unmarked. Underside same colour as above, but slightly paler and without any markings. Expanse of wings 1 inch. Hab. Mahableshwar, May 1887, in great numbers in the short grass on the hill-sides. Somewhat allied to H. obaceralis, but wings broader and shorter, the postmedial lines sinuous and recurved. H Y P E N A RADICALIS, n. sp. Belongs to the if. longipennis group; fore wings long narrow, similarly shaped. Male blackish brown, fore wings with orbicular and reniform represented by black spots hardly visible ; an indistinct discal outwardly curved row of black dots marked with grey on their outer sides, a marginal line of black lunules and a greyish-white streak at the apex. Hind wings slightly paler and with a marginal black line. Underside pale blackish brown, unmarked except with a few yellowish-grey marks on the costa of the fore wings near the apex. Female greyish brown tinged with pinkish, with a broad yellowish-grey costal band on the fore wings, which thickens beyond the middle, and has a whitish-grey streak at tbe apex, other markings same as in the male but more distinct ; there is sometimes a whitish mark above the reniform spot, and in some specimens the costal border of the hind wings below is pale yellowish grey. Expanse of wings 11 inch. |
