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24. Herminia Thraxalis. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina, sat valida ; antenna robustce ; alee 

 antica fascia media fusca latissima extus denticulata orbicu- 

 larem et reniformem includente, linea submarginali lata fusca; 

 antica reniformi puncta dua nigra includente. 



Male, Very pale fawn-colour, stouter than most other species. 

 Abdomen and under side more cinereous. Antennae stout. Fore 

 wings with a very broad brown middle band, which is denticulated 

 along the outer side, and contains the orbicular and reniform marks ; 

 these are of the ground-colour, and the latter contains two black 

 elongated points ; submarginal line broad, brown, containing an 

 undulating line of the ground-colour ; marginal points black, 

 blackish and less concise in the hind wings, where the lines are 

 less distinct, but more regular. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



West Indies. 



Group 1. 



Statura parva. Conspectus Noctuiformis. 



Size small. Markings of the fore wings like those of the 

 Noctuites. This species may form a new genus. 



25. Herminia ? Thaumasalis. 



Fcem. Subtestaceo-cinerea ; palpi compressi, oblique ascendenies, 

 subfimbriati ; alee apud angulum interiorem nigricantes ; an- 

 ticcefusco conspersa, lineis fuscis valde undulatis pallido sub- 

 marginatis, reniformi pallida angusta extus excavata fusco 

 notata ; posticce lineis exteriore et submarginali subtus dis- 

 tinctis denticulatis. 

 Female. Cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge. Palpi 

 compressed, obliquely ascending, slightly fringed ; third joint more 

 than half the length of the second. Wings blackish about the inte- 

 rior angle. Fore wings with numerous brown speckles, which are 

 confluent towards the exterior border ; basal, interior, exterior and 

 submarginal lines brown, very undulating, slightly pale-bordered ; 

 reuiform mark pale, narrow, excavated on the outer side, with a 



