LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1287 



the second band ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings mostly black on half the length from the base. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Herbula? efficitalis. 



Foem. Cervina ; ala nigrieante subconspersce, linea marginali 

 nigricante, fimbria cinerea fusco interlineata ; anticce lineis 

 duabus dentatis, fascia submarginali subinterrupta, orbiculari 

 et reniformi nigricantibus ; postica lutece, macula fasciisque 

 duabus nigricantibus. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Body beneath and legs cinereous, 

 Legs smooth, slender. Wings partly and thinly blackish speckled ; 

 marginal line blackish ; fringe cinereous, interlined with brown. 

 Fore wings acute, with two dentate blackish lines; orbicular and 

 reniform marks blackish between the lines ; the former hardly half 

 the size of the latter, which is not excavated ; submarginal band 

 blackish, nearly interrupted in the middle; exterior border hardly 

 convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings luteous, with a blackish 

 spot near the base and with two blackish bands, of which the first is 

 slightly undulating. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



Herbula picarialis. 



Mas. Nigricans ; palpi porrecti, capitis latitudine mulio breviores, 

 articulo 2o subtus Jimbriato, 3o minimo ; antenna pubescentes ; 

 abdominis segmenta albo marginata ; alcefasciis duabus albidis, 

 la postmedia undulata, 2a, submarginali ; anticce subacutce, 

 maculis duabus albidis sub cos tali bus, fascia la antice sub- 

 fur cat a. 



Male. Blackish, slender. Palpi porrect, white beneath towards 

 the base, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 fringed beneath; third conical, very minute. Antennae minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; 

 hind borders of the segments white. Legs slender, silvery cinereous. 

 Wings with two whitish bands; first band postmedial, undulating, 

 broader and more complete than the second, which is submarginal; 

 fringe silvery cinereous. Fore wings slightly acute, with two whitish 

 subcostal spots between the base and the first band, which is slightly 

 forked near the costa ; second band less complete than that of the 



