LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 813 



kk. New Grenada. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



//. Chili. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



mm. Madeira. Presented by Mrs. Hope. 



nn. Madeira. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



oo. Egypt. From Mr. Lamb's collection. 



pp. West Africa. Presented by E. DoubJeday, Esq. 



qq — ss. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



tt. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



vv. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



uu. Port Natal. From M. Becker's collection. 



ww. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



xx. Himalaya Mountains. From Mr. Lamb's collection. 



yy. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



zz — ddd. — — ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 2. HELLULA. 



Corpus gracile. Ocelli distincti, late disjuncti. Palpi as- 

 cendentes ; articulus 2us apice quadratus ; 3us ovatus, bene deter- 

 minate. Antennae breves, sub fili formes. Abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans. Alse anticse subtrigonae, vix elongatae, lituris bene 

 determinatis ; posticae non amplae, lituris nullis. 



Hellula, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 415. 

 Oebia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 362. 

 Nymphula, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Herr.-Sch. 



Body slender. Ocelli distinct, remote from each other. Palpi 

 ascending; second joint quadrate at the tip ; third oval, very dis- 

 tinct. Antennae short, almost filiform. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly elongate, almost trian- 

 gular ; markings very distinct ; exterior border moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings not much developed, without markings. 



South Europe. 



1. Hellula undalis. 



Pallide ochraceo-cinerea ; alee, anticce nebulis magnis nigricante- 

 fuscis, lineis interiore et exteriore pallidis tremulis fusco mar- 

 ginatis, reniformi obliqua fusco marginata, linea submarginali 

 vaga, strigis marginalibus nigricantibus, fimbria interlineata ; 

 posticce jiavce, margine exteriore vix nubila, fimbria albida. 



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