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17. Herminia Eumelusalis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, subangu- 

 lati ; antennce pectinatce ; tibice anticce pilis nigricantibus ; alee 

 anticce apice subrotundata, lineis quatuor nigricantibus un- 

 dulatis denticulatis apud costam dilatatis, linea media fusco 

 nebulosa, submarginali magis undulata intus diffusa extus 

 pallida. Foem. — Antenna simplices; alee lineis minus bene 

 deter minatis. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, rather darker beneath. Palpi ob- 

 liquely ascending ; joints almost straight ; third about half the 

 length of the second, with which it forms a slight angle. Antennae 

 pectinated ; the branches towards the tips dwindling to setae. 

 Fore tibiae tufted with blackish hairs. Fore wings with the tips 

 slightly rounded ; four lines blackish, undulating, denticulated, 

 dilated by the costa ; middle line largely clouded with dark brown ; 

 submarginal line more deeply undulating than the others, diffuse 

 along its inner side and with a pale outer border; marginal points 

 blackish. Hind wings not or hardly paler than the fore wings ; ex- 

 terior and submarginal lines distinct ; submarginal line with minute 

 denticulations and with a whitish outer border; marginal line 

 brown. Female. — Antennae simple. Lines of the wings less dis- 

 tinct than those of the male ; reniform mark sometimes black and 

 distinct. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 10 — 13 

 lines. 

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18. Herminia Cloniasalis. 



Mas. Cinerea; palpi supra verticem ascendentes, articulo 3o 

 subarcuato antice piloso ; antennce setis longiusculis ; genua 

 antica pilis longis ochraceis ; aim sat angustce, vix purpuras^ 

 centes ; antica nigro subconspersa, lineis fuscis, interiore et 

 exteriore indistinctis denticulatis, submarginali subundulata 

 extus pallida. Fcem. — Ala lineis minus distinctis. 



Male. Cinereous, paler beneath, except towards the exterior 

 borders of the wings. Palpi ascending, rising above the vertex ; 

 second joint slightly curved, pilose in front; third straight, lanceo- 

 late, much shorter than the second. Antennae not nodose; setae 

 rather long. Fore knees with a tuft of long ochraceous hairs. 

 Wings rather narrow, with an indistinct purplish tinge. Fore 



