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from very close to tlie end, trifid, third at half-lengtli from base of second, and fourtli 

 at half from base of third, fiftli from end of cell and slightly touching second at half- 

 way between its base and third ; discocellular very concave in the middle, bent near 

 each end, radials from the angles ; middle median from close to end of cell, lower at 

 two-fifths; submedian slightly recurved: hiudwing rather long, quadrate, exterior 

 margin oblique aud convexly angular in the middle; cell extending half the length, 

 broad ; two subcostals on a footstalk at about one-third beyond the cell ; discocellular 

 bent inward above the middle, radial from near lower end; two upper medians from 

 a footstalk one-fifth beyond the cell, lower at about one-third before end of the cell ; 

 submedian and internal vein straight. Body rather slender ; palpi obliquely ascend- 

 ing, compressed, clothed above and beneath with rather long lax stout hairy scales ; 

 second joint very long, third joint about one-third the length of second and pointed 

 at its tip ; antennae bipectinated, the branches stout at the base and ciliated, shaft 

 very slightly swollen on its inner side towards the middle ; legs long, squamous ; 

 fore femora tufted at the knee ; fore tibiee thickened, laxly squamous ; fore tarsi 

 exposed. 



Tiji^e, H. ventilabris, Latr. (harhalls, Clerck). 



HERMINIA TIMONALIS. 



Herminia Timonalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 239 (1858). 



" Male. Fawn colour. "Wings with a whitish straight oblique submarginal line, 

 which is diffusedly bordered with brown on the inner side ; marginal lunules brown. 

 Forewings with the basal, interior, and exterior lines blackish, undulating ; reniform 

 mark represented by a black spot : hindwings cinereous, with a brown discal mark 

 and an exterior brown line. Abdomen cinereous ; palpi long, reverted over tlie head 

 and fore part of thorax, slightly fringed ; second joint slightly curved ; third straight, 

 lanceolate, rather more than half-length of second, with which it forms an angle ; 

 antenufe setose, nodose before the middle, curved from thence to tip ; forelegs densely 

 tufted about the knees. 



"Expanse 13 lines." 



Described by Mr. Walker from specimens in the collection of Mr. E. L. Layard. 



HERMINIA DIFFUSALIS. 



Herminia diffusalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. E. M. xvi. p. 239 (1858). 

 " Male. Fawn colour. Forewings with the lines brown, denticulated ; a brown 

 straight middle band ; submarginal line diffuse on the inner side ; marginal points 

 black; reniform mark brown, narrow, pale bordered : hindwings-brownish cinereous, 

 with three brown lines aud bi'own marginal lunules. Palpi long, reverted over the 

 head and forepart of thorax ; second joint pubescent, much curved ; third lanceolate. 



