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the lowest median nervule. The cell of the hind-wings is 

 open. The head and thorax are purplish-grey, the abdomen 

 duller. There is a white transverse streak between the 

 antennre, which are strongly pectinated nearly to the tip. 



FAMILY HYBL^ID^. 



GENUS HYBL^A. 



HyblcBu^ Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. (2), p. 127 (1794); Guenee, 

 Spec. G^n. Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 390 (1852). 



This genus includes a few widely distributed tropical species, 

 with short, thick, simple antennae; palpi long, pointed, beak-like ; 

 thorax rounded ; rather short, stout, tufted legs, and broad, 

 oblong, brown fore-wings, and rounded hind-wings, with 

 fulvous markings. 



HVBL^A PUERA. 



{Plate CXXIX., Fi^. 7.) 



Noctua puera, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 103, figs. D, E(i777). 



Noctua saga, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 137, no. 29 (17S7). 



Hyblcsa saga, Esper, Naturf. xxix. p. 204, Taf. 4, figs. 10, 11 



(1S02). 

 Noctua iinxia, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. fig. 513(1804 ?). 

 Heliothis apricans, Boisduval, Faun. Madag. p. 98, pi. 15, 



fig- 7 (1833). 

 Hyblaa puera, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 390 



(1852); Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, iii. p. 81, pi. 154, figs. 



2, 2 a (1S84); Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. 



p. 371, fig. 204 (1894). 



This is a pretty Moth, measuring about an inch and a half 



across the fore-wings, which are greyish-brown or reddish-brown, 



with or without two triangular marks on the costa, and an 



oblong blackish spot in the position of the claviform stigma. 



