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SIR G. F. HAMPSOX ON THE 



[jane 1, 



Genus Hebdonia. 



Herdonia, Wlk. xix. 963 (1859). 



Palpi short and porrect ; antennse with short uniseriate 

 branches in male ; tibiae nearly smooth. Fore wing with the costa 

 arched at base and towards apex, slightlj' excised at middle ; vein 3 

 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 from near upper angle ; 11 fi'ee. Hind wing 

 with veins 3, 4, 5 widely separated at origin ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 8 approximated to 7 after end of cell ; a forked veinlet in 

 cell. 



Fig. 6. 



Herdonia osacesalis, (S . \. (From Moths Ind. vol. i.) 



Type. (l)tHERDONiA osacesalis, Wlk. xix. 964 ; Feld. Eels. Nov. 

 r.1 1-^^ f -i China; N.B.India; Burma. 



pi. 134. f. 4. 

 (2)tHEEDOKiA BOTXDANA, Wlk. xxxii. 522. 



Brazil. 



Genus Pxcnosoma, nov. 



Palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned,* the 3rd long and 

 porrect ; antennse thickened and flattened ; tibiae smoothly scaled. 

 iFore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing 

 with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 

 the outer margin excurved at middle. 



Kg. 7. 



Pycnosoma angulata, cJ. \. 



Type. tPrcNOSOMA angulata, n. sp. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow suffused with rufous ; 

 wings golden yellow closely striated with rufous. Pore wing 

 with oblique postmedial line sharply angled below costa, met by 

 an oblique streak from apex and terminating at middle of inner 

 margin. Hind wing with large dark discocelluiar spot followed 



