LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. HI 



27. Herminia Nisosalis. 



Fcem. Nigricante-fusca, subtus albo subconspersa ; palpi erecti, 

 subfimbriati, articulo 2o subarcuato ; alee longiusculce, lineis 

 quatuor undulatis denticulatis indistinctis nigricantibus, sub- 

 marginali tetiui albo notata, reniformi e puncto albo. 



Female. Blackish brown; under side a little paler, slightly 

 and minutely speckled with white. Palpi vertical, slightly fringed ; 

 second joint slightly curved, rather slender; third lanceolate, very 

 slender, about half the length of the second. Antenna? minutely 

 setose. Wings rather long, with four undulating denticulated in- 

 distinct blackish lines, which are almost obsolete on the hind wings ; 

 submarginal line slightly accompanied by white marks ; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings with the reniform mark represented by a 

 white point in the middle line. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Group 3. 

 Somewhat resembling the fifth European group. 



28. Herminia Spiosalis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, gracilis ; palpi recti, graciles, fim- 

 briate, oblique ascendentes, valde compressi ; antennae setosce, 

 submonili formes, fasciculo subapicali ; tibice anticce brevis- 

 simce, subfasciculatce ; alee longiusculce, lineis fusees centib us 

 undulatis diffusis indistinctis, submarginali pallida, orbicu- 

 lari et reniformi nigricantibus. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, slender. Palpi straight, slender, 

 fringed, obliquely ascending, much compressed ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, very acute, not more than one-third of the length of the 

 second. Antennas with two minute tufts and with two curved 

 rather long setae on each joint ; a small tuft at five-sixths of the 

 length. Fore tibiae very short, slightly tufted. Wings rather 

 long; lines brownish, undulating, diffuse, indistinct; submarginal 

 line undulating, paler than the ground-colour ; margiual lunules 

 black ; orbicular and reniform marks blackish. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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