LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 85 



Hypena INEFFECTALTS. 



Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, graciles, late ciliati, vix angu- 

 lati ; alee anticce subfalcatce, lineis fuscis denticulatis indis- 

 tinctis, orbiculari nigra punctiformi, lunvlis marginalibus 

 fuscis ; posticce litura discali fasciaque fuscis. 



Brownish cinereous. Palpi porrect, slender, broadly but finely 

 ciliated above, about as long as the thorax ; third joint linear, white 

 at the tip, nearly half the length of the second, with which it hardly 

 forms an angle. Wings hardly broad. Fore wings subfalcate, lines 

 brown, denticulated, indistinct ; orbicular mark black, punctiform ; 

 marginal lunules brown. Hind wings with a brown band and a 

 brown discal mark. Length of the body 2f lines ; of the wings 

 6J lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Fam. 3. HERMINIME. 



Frons non prominens. Palpi varii, saepissime arcuati, maris 

 et fcerainae dissimiles. Antennas pubescentes, ciliatae, flagelito 

 saepe incurvo aut tumido aut fasciculato. Tibiae anticae saepe 

 tumidae et fasciculatae. Alae anticae validae, pulverulentae; posticae 

 lituris variis nunquam omnino obsoletis. 



Herminidye, p., Duponch. ; Herr.-Schceff. 

 Herminidae, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 45. 



Front not prominent. Palpi variable, generally curved, dif- 

 fering according to the sex. Antennae pubescent, with two longer 

 ciliae ou each joint, exteriorly often curled, or tumid, or furnished 

 with a tuft of hairs or of scales. Fore tibiae often tumid, and 

 furnished with bushes of silky hairs, or with bunches of woolly or 

 scaly hairs. Fore wings stout, pulverose, with or without an areo- 

 let, without tufts of prominent scales. Hind wings with variable 

 markings, but always with some traces of the lines of the fore wings, 

 especially beneath ; independent vein variable. 



