858 CATALOGUE OF 



obliqua fusco marginata, tinea marginali nigra ; antiece linea 

 interior e indistincta, orbiculari punctiformi et reniformi 

 lunulata pallide ochraceis fusco marginatis, 



Male. Cinereous, slender. Palpi curved, much more than 

 half the length of the body ; third joint as long as the second, with 

 a fan-shaped tuft of pale hairs. Antenna? slender, setose, curled. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 rather narrow, slightly brownish-tinged exteriorly; exterior line 

 blackish, slender, slightly denticulated ; submarginal line dull 

 ochraceous, straight, oblique, brown-bordered on both sides, more 

 distinct in the fore wings than in the hind wings ; marginal line 

 black, less continuous than in the fore wings ; fringe interlined. 

 Fore wings moderately acute ; interior line indistinct; punctiform 

 orbicular mark and lunulate reniform mark pale ochraceous, brown- 

 bordered. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



This Herminia and the two following are allied to H. Nisosa- 

 lis and to H. Spiosalis in structure, but are quite distinct from 

 those species. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Herminia Asteralis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi ascendentes, corporis dimidio valde Ion- 

 giores, articulo 2o areuato, So longo penicillato ; antenna 

 setosa ; alee elongatce, fusco subconspersce, linea submarginali 

 fusea obliqua subrecta, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 antiece acuta, lineis interiore et exteriore gracillimis indis- 

 finctis, reniformi fusca parva. 



Male. Cinereous, slender. Palpi ascending, much more than 

 half the length of the body ; first joint very short; second curved ; 

 third as long as the second, adorned with a fan-shaped tuft of pale 

 hairs. Antenna? setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings elongate, slightly speckled with brown ; sub- 

 mj.rginal line brown, oblique, nearly straight, partly obsolete in the 

 hind wings ; marginal line blackish. Fore wings very acute; inte- 

 rior and exterior lines very slender and indistinct ; reniform mark 

 brown, rather small. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



