LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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12. Herminia morbidalis. 



Pallidissime cinerea ; alee anticce lineis lituraque reniformi testa- 

 ceo-cinereis, lineis interiore et exteriore undulatis subdenticu- 

 latis subparallelis, submarginali e guttis obscurioribus pallide 

 cuneato notatis, punctis marginalibus fuscis ; posticus palli- 

 diores, lineis indistinctis. 

 Herminia morbidalis, Giten. Delt. et PyraL 56, 60. 



a — d. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 e. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Kedman's collection. 



Group 2. 

 Like the third European group. 



13. Herminia pedipilalis. 



Var. ? Pallidissime testaceo-cinerea, pulverosa ; alee anticce lineis 

 obscurioribus, interiore subarcuata, exteriore subundulata an- 

 tice angulata aut incurvata, submarginali subrecta costam ver- 

 sus obsoleta extus pallidiore, marginali fusca ; tibia antica 

 pilis nigricantibus. 



Herminia pedipilalis, Guen. Delt, et Pyral. 57, 62. 



Var.? Very pale cinereous, pulverulent, with a very slight tes- 

 taceous tinge. Fore wings with the three lines darker ; interior 

 line slightly curved; exterior line slightly undulating, forming op- 

 posite the reniform mark an angle or a curve; submarginal line 

 almost straight, obsolete towards the costa, with an indistinct exte- 

 rior pale border, which is more conspicuous in the hardly paler 

 hind wings ; marginal line brown. Fore tibiae with short blackish 

 hairs. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



14. Herminia cruralis. 



Pallidissime cervina, subtus cinerascens ; palpi sat arcuati ; tibice 

 antica maris incrassatce fasciculis Jlavescentibus longissimis ; 

 alcefusco conspersce, lineis tribus fuscis, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigricantibus ; anticce lineis interiore et submarginali sub- 

 rectis, exteriore flexa, orbiculari punctiformi et reniformis 

 margine incompleto nigricantibus. 



