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92. Cidaria mendica, n. sp. (no. 604). 



Smoky brown ; wings sericeous, crossed by a very irregular 

 white cliscal stripe, an indistinct series of whitish spots 

 bounding the external area internally : primaries indistinctly 

 striated with whity brown ; a convex line of the same colour 

 across the basal fourth ; a white spot at base ; a black disco- 

 cellular spot: secondaries paler than primaries, indistinctly 

 striated with grey : abdominal fringe whitish ; external fringe 

 of all the wings pale, tipped with white and interrupted by 

 large dark brown spots ; thorax paler than the head, collar, 

 and abdomen. Wings below sericeous greyish brown, indis- 

 tinctly mottled (particularly on the primaries) with whitish ; 

 crossed by a very irregular whitish discal line ; dusky disco- 

 cellular spots ; the fringe and the costal border of primaries 

 yellowish, spotted with dark brown : body pale greyish brown, 

 the pectus and a number of mottled markings on the legs 

 whity brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



A very distinct but dull-looking species. 



Hypenidae. 



93. Hormisa morosa^ n. sp. (no. 1063). 



Greyish brown : primaries with the interno-median area 

 gravel-coloured and crossed by an oblique externally brown- 

 bordered snow-white stripe, which runs from inner margin to 

 apex ; external border grey, fringe intersected and edged by 

 dark brown lines : secondaries with a sandy tint, base of 

 fringe gravel-coloured : abdomen with whitish posterior edges 

 to the segments. Primaries below greyish, with a slight sandy 

 tint, particularly on the outer border: secondaries whitish, with 

 sandy yellowish borders and fringe : body below whitish, the 

 venter yellowish. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



94. Hormisa calamina, n. sp. (no. 1064) . 



Primaries above pale buff, with two minute blackish dots at 

 the angles of the cell ; a submarginal series of very minute 

 black dots ; fringe brownish, becoming white at external 

 angle : secondaries cream-coloured, with a slender marginal 

 line and submarginal series of minute dots grey : body pale 

 buff, the abdomen rather paler than the thorax. Under sur- 

 face slightly greyer and paler than the upper, otherwise 

 similar. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Herminiidse. 

 95. Herminia dolosa, n. sp. (no. 892). 

 Primaries above sandy brown ; a slender dark brown angu- 



