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long, with a slight dorsal suture : legs testaceous : wings slightly 

 gray : fore-wings with very indistinct darker spots ; veins brown, 

 with pale testaceous bands ; marginal region with twenty-two 

 transverse veins : hind-wings with testaceous veins. Length of the 

 body 12 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. ? 



8. HEEMES ANTICUS. 



Luteus ; prothoracis vittis duabus, abdomine pedibusque piceis ; 

 antenna nigrce ; alee subcinerece, fusco maculatce et oblique 

 subfasciatce. 



Body luteous: head a little broader in front, broader but hardly 

 longer than the prothorax : eyes prominent : antennae black, sub- 

 serrate : prothorax linear, very little broader than long, with a short 

 pitchy stripe on each side : abdomen pitchy : legs pitchy, pubescent : 

 wings slightly gray, with many brown spots, the largest forming two 

 very imperfect oblique bands ; veins testaceous, blackish towards 

 the fore border ; marginal region with about thirty transverse veins. 

 Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



9. HERMES DIVERSUS. 



Ferrugineus ; caput vittatum, antice testaceum ; antenna picece ; 

 abdomen piceum ; alee, long <<z , angusta^ antica albidce fusco 

 guttatce. 



Ferruginous : head much broader than the thorax, striped, 

 testaceous in front, contracted hindward : antennae piceous : pro- 

 thorax with a slight longitudinal furrow, its length a little exceed- 

 ing its breadth : abdomen piceous : wings long and narrow ; fore- 

 wings dingy white, with numerous pale brown dots which are mostly 

 on the pale testaceous veins ; marginal region of the fore-wings 

 with twelve transverse veins. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the 

 wings 34 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the Rev. W. Colenso. 



b. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



