LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 943 



Wings rather broad, with a broad middle undulating testaceous 

 brown-bordered band; an indistinct and very diffuse testaceous 

 submarginal band ; fringe broad. Fore wings acute. Hind wings 

 with numerous blackish speckles on the middle band. Length of 

 the body 3 ? lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Page 396. 

 Hymenia recurvalis. 



Phalasna-Pyralis fascialis, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 163, pi. 36, 



f. 13. 

 Hydrocampa albifacialis, Boisd. Faune Mad, Dep. 119, pi. 16, 



f. 1. 



Madagascar. Bourbon. Mauritius. 



Hymenia reconditalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca, gracilis ; oculi albo cincH ; palpi breves, 

 lati, acuti, subdecumbentes ; antennce subpubescentes ; abdo- 

 men alas posticas superans, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee 

 linea exteriore flavescente-alba ; anticce acutce, linea interiore 

 testaceo-alba, linea exteriore jlexa, maculis duabus discalibus 

 subquadratis, orbiculari e gutta elongata alba ; posticce fascia 

 alba, linea exteriore abbreviata. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, slender, whitish beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi short, broad, acute, slightly decum- 

 bent, white beneath. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the 

 segments white. Wings moderately broad ; exterior line yellowish 

 white ; fringe cinereous-white. Fore wings acute ; interior line 

 testaceous-white ; exterior line much bent, accompanied on its 

 inner side by two subquadrate spots, of which the fore one repre- 

 sents the reniform mark ; orbicular mark forming an elongated 

 white dot. Hind wings with a white band on the inner side of the 

 exterior line, which is abbreviated hindward. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



It has much resemblance to H. perspectalis and to H. recur- 

 valis. 



a. New York. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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