LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 855 



basalt et reniformi nigris, linea obliqua alba intus costam ver- 

 sus fusco late marginata, margine exteriore fusco ; posticce 

 albidcc, linea marginali pallide fusca. 



Female. Whitish -cinereous, slender. Palpi rather long, 

 partly blackish; second joint porrect, broad, fringed; third lanceo- 

 late, slender, ascending, less than half the length of the second, with 

 which it forms an obtuse angle. Antennae slender. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings slightly and minutely speckled 

 with pale brown ; basal point and reniform spot black ; the latter 

 adjoining a white oblique line, which proceeds from the tip of the 

 wing, and has its inner side in front broadly bordered with brown ; 

 exterior border brown, rather oblique, with a very narrow blackish 

 marginal line. Hind wings whitish ; marginal line pale brown, 

 very slender. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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Herminia Theralis. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea, gracilis ; palpi ascendentes, graciles 9 ar- 

 cuati, compressi, thorace paullo breviores, articulo So acumi- 

 nate; antenna subpubescentes ; alee anticce acutce, fusco sub- 

 conspersa?, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis dentatis, linea 

 submarginali pallida indistincta, punctis marginalibus indis- 

 tinctis ; postica? linea exteriore. 



Female. Pale cinereous, slender. Palpi slender, curved, 

 compressed, ascending, a little shorter than the thorax ; third joint 

 acuminated, about half the length of the second. Antennae very 

 minutely pubescent. Fore wings acute, slightly speckled with 

 brown ; interior and exterior lines brown, dentated ; submarginal 

 line pale, very indistinct; marginal points blackish. Hind wings 

 with an exterior line like that of the lore wings. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Allied to H. Pyramusalis. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



