856 CATALOGUE OF 



Herminia Gyasalis. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, gracilis, antice obscurior ; palpi graciles, ar~ 

 cuati, subpilosi, verticem superantes ; antenna subsetosce ; tho- 

 rax pallide cervinus ; alee antica acuta, costa lineisque subcer- 

 vinis, linea interiore recta, lineis media et exteriore undulatis 

 parallelis, fascia adhuc exteriore, linea submarginali valde 

 undulata, punctis marginalibus obscure fuscis, orbiculari 

 annuliformi, reniformie punctis duobus ; posticce lineis minus 

 determinatis. 



Male. Pale cinereous, slender. Head and thorax a little 

 darker. Palpi slender, curved, slightly pilose, rising much higher 

 than the vertex; third joint acute, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae minutely setose. Thorax pale fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 acute, slightly pale fawn-colour along the costa; lines of the same 

 hue; interior line straight; middle and exterior lines slight, undu- 

 dulating, parallel ; a more exterior band, whose outer side is 

 parallel to the deeply undulating submargiual line ; marginal 

 points dark brown ; orbicular mark forming an indistinct ringlet; 

 reniform represented by two dark brown points. Hind wings with 

 less distinct lines. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 

 ] 2 lines. 



This species is much allied to H. Pyramusalis, bnt may be dis- 

 tinguished by the difference in the reniform mark, and more 

 especially by the form of the submarginal line. 



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



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Herminia? Flacillalis. 



Foam. Alba, gracilis, antice rosea; palpi longi, graciles, com- 

 pressi, ascendentes, subangulati, articulo 2o vix fimbriato ; 

 alee sat angusta ; anticce acutce, pallide jlava, vitta costali 

 fasciisque duabus roseis. 



Female. White, sleuder. Head, palpi, fore part of the thorax 

 and fore legs pale rosy. Palpi long, slender, compressed, as- 

 cending ; second joint hardly fringed ; third lanceolate, more 

 than half the length of the second, with which it forms an ex- 

 tremely obtuse angle. Antenna? and legs smooth, slender. Wings 

 rather narrow. Fore wings pale yellow, acute, with a rosy costal 



