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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 

 antennae, which are strongly pectinated nearly to the tip. 



FAMILY HYBL^ID^E. 



GENUS HYBL^A. 



Hyblcza, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. (2), p. 127 (1794); Guene'e, 

 Spec. Gdn. 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. 



HYBL.EA PUERA. 

 (Plate CXXIX., Fig. 7.) 



Noctua puera, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 103, figs. D, E (1777). 

 Noctua saga, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 137, no. 29 (1787). 

 Hyblaa saga, Esper, Naturf. xxix. p. 204, Taf. 4, figs. 10, n 



(1802). 



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

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



% 7 (1833)- 

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



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



2, 2 a (1884); Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. 



p. 37 1, ng- 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. 



