LEPIDOPTERA HETERQCERA. 115.9 



the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs smooth. Wings 

 broad, brown-speckled, with blackish marginal points. Fore wings 

 subfalcate ? rosy-tinged, with three brown lines; first and second 

 lines undulating ; second forming an acute angle towards the first; 

 third nearly straight diffuse on the inner side ; exterior border 

 convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Herminia? circumferalis. 



Foem. Cinerea i fusco conspersa ; palpi fusci, suberecti, verticem 

 longe super antes ; antica fascia hasali plagisque duabus cos- 

 talibus fuscis, plaga la albido marginata, 2a trigona, spalio 

 intermedia subpurpurascente ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece. 



Female. Cinereous, brown-speckled. Palpi mostly brown, 

 slightly fringed, nearly erect, very much longer than the breadth of 

 the head, rising much higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, 

 much shorter than the second. Wings with a black marginal fes- 

 toon. Fore wings acute, with a brown band very near the base, 

 and with two large brown patches which join the costa ; first patch 

 bordered by a whitish line, which is undulating on the outer side ; 

 second triangular, including four whitish costal points ; space 

 between the bands with a slight pale purplish tinge. Hind wings 

 brownish cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Herminia? cinerealxs. 



Mas. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi nigri, erecti, verticem longe 

 superantes, articulo 2o arcuato latiusculo. So lanceolato gra- 

 cillimo ; antennae apud medium incrassatce, apices versus con- 

 torts ; alee anticce subacutw, lineis duabus higris denticulatis, 

 2a undulata, gutia intermedia punctisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce cinerece, lunula lineisque duabus exterioribus fuscis. 



Male. Blackish cinereous, with a slight aeneous tinge, paler 

 beneath. Palpi black, squamous, erect, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head and rising much higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint curved, rather broad ; third lanceolate, very slender, much 

 shorter than the second. Antennae pubescent, slightly contorted 



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