1 12 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



interrupted at the bend with a white streak in front of its exterior 

 end. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Brazil. 



Genus Herminia, Latr. 

 Herrninia inoslentalis. 

 Mas. — Fusciescente cinerea, palpis longis angustis ascendentibus 

 sub-fimbriatis, antennis setosis incurvis fascicule ornatis, tibiis 

 anticis fasciculo denso penicillato, alis sat angustis, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus, alis anticis acutis nigro sub-con- 

 spersis, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis angulosis indistiiictis, 

 spatio marginali fuscescente lineam pallidam angulosam sub- 

 marginalem includente. 

 Male. — Brownish-cinereous. Palpi long, slender, rising high 

 above the head, slightly fringed ; 3rd joint much shorter than the 

 2nd. Antennae setose, curved, with a tuft at one-third of the 

 length. Abdomen compressed at the tip, extending very little 

 beyond the hind- wings. Fore-tibiae with a dense fan -shaped tuft. 

 Wings rather narrow ; marginal lunules blackish ; fringe inter- 

 lined. Fore-wings acute, thinly black-speckled; interior and ex- 

 terior lines dark brown, zig-zag, indistinct ; marginal space 

 brownish, inclosing the pale zigzag sub-marginal line ; reniform 

 mark incomplete. Hind-wings paler than the fore-wings ; lines 

 less distinct. 



Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 

 Brazil. 



Herminia 'ijiguralis. 

 Mas.- — Cinereo-cervina, palpis porrectis lanceolatis thorace vix 

 brevioribus, articulo 2o piloso, 3o nigricante brevi tenui, an- 

 tennis pectinatis, alis fusco quinque lineatis, lunulis margi- 

 nalibus nigris pallido-marginatis, margine exteriore angulato, 

 alis anticis macula discali sub-rotunda subtus lunulata albo- 

 marginata, costa pallido fuscoque notata. 

 Male. — Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, al- 

 most as long as the thorax ; 2nd joint pilose ; 3rd blackish, slender, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae rather broadly 

 pectinated; branches ciliated. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind-wings. Wings with brown lines ; interior line straight, 

 oblique, abruptly retracted towards the costa of the fore-wings ; 

 basal line less distinct; middle, exterior and sub-marginal lines 



