62 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Pup^ subterraneau. 



We have three species, readily recognised. 



A, Central band dark, with straight outer edge ; renii'orm 



stigma obscure. 



B. Fore wings pale rosy or rosy purple. H. micacea. 

 W: Fore wings umbreous. H. jJcfasitis. 

 A^. Fore wings narrow, light brown or chestnut, reniform 



stigma ear-like. Jff. nicfitans. 



]. H. nictitans, JBkh. — Expanse IJ to 1| inch. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, rich red-brown or drab-brown ; reniform 

 stigma white, golden-yellow or fulvous, cut up by fine dark 

 lines, and ear-like ; hind wings smoky-brown with a golden 

 gloss. 



Antennae of the male rather stout, red-brown, densely 

 ciliated with minute white hairs ; tongue long ; palpi strongly 

 tufted, purple-red, apical joint conical ; head thickly tufted, 

 purple-red ; thorax rich purple-red, red-brown, or brown in 

 various shades (in accordance with the fore wings) ; the collar 

 paler but faintly barred with the deeper colour ; no top crest, 

 but the back crest distinct, its points deeper in colour, and 

 behind them a shorter, blunter tuft ; fascicles yellowish- 

 white ; abdomen pale purple-brown, the basal segments 

 thickly covered with yellowish-white hair-scales, and the 

 dorsal portions of the remaining segments more shortly so ; 

 the first four segments furnished also with small reddish- 

 brown dorsal crests ; lateral and anal tufts spreading, 

 purple-red. Fore wings rather pointed, narrow, almost 

 truncate ; costa nearly straight ; apex decidedly angulated ; 

 hind margin below it faintly hollowed and nearly perjDen- 

 dicular, but bent in below the middle, and thence more 

 oblique and faintly scalloped ; dorsal margin almost straight 

 to near the base, where it curves slightly out and bears a 

 distinct tuft of scales, thence curving in to the base ; colour 

 rich purple-red, chestnut, reddish-brown, or yellowish-brown, 

 often faintly clouded with orange or yellow before the 



