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Pup.-E subterranean. 



We have two species, one having the ground colour of 

 the fore wings grey, the other white. 



1. H. dysodea, Hij.h.; chrysozona, .SYfn^tf. Cat. — Ex- 

 panse 1^ inch. Fore wings pale grey dusted witli yellow, 

 with a broad, rippled, yellowish-grey central band ; hind 

 wings greyish-white, with a broad grey-brown cloud toward 

 the hind margin. 



Antennas of the male rather short, nearly cylindrical, very 

 faintly ciliated, dark brown ; palpi broadly tufted, pale gre}'' 

 in front, blackish brown at the sides ; head brownish white 

 with white tufts at the bases of the antennae ; collar and 

 shoulder-lappets pale brownish-grey, the latter tipped with 

 black; remainder of thorax whitish-grey, with a small 

 back crest, the tufts of which are tipped with black ; fascicles 

 short, white ; abdomen rather stout, whitish-brown, having on 

 the basal segment a small, brown-tipped, white crest ; lateral 

 and anal tufts spreading, greyish-white, the latter barred with 

 smoky-black. Fore wangs short, rather broad behind ; costa 

 straight ; apex suddenly rounded ; hind margin rounded, but 

 faintly excavated close above the anal angle ; dorsal margin 

 straight to near the base, where it is rather strouglv tufted 

 with scales ; colour whitish-grey, dusted with darker grey, 

 and faintly dusted or streaked with orange-yellow ; basal 

 line indicated by two black spots edged with yellow and 

 white ; first line obscure, perpendicular, composed of a series 

 of black curves edged with orange-yellow, and having the 

 hollow^ of every curve filled with white ; second line a complete 

 series of deep black crescents, each clasping a similar white 

 spot ; subterminal line a mere row of orange-yellow cloudy 

 dots, edged inwardly with black ; orbicular stigma very 

 obscure, grey, faintly ringed with black ; reniform stigma still 

 more obscure, partially edged with black, and containing two 

 small orange clouds ; claviform stigma so large as to look like 

 a blackish ring or loop ; costal margin streaked and spotted 



