LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 237 



This species belongs to the sixth European division of Her- 

 minia. 



a, b. St. Martins Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented 

 by Dr. Barnston. 



Herminia biferalis. 



Mas. Fusca; palpi ascendentes, angulati ; articulus 2us robustus, 

 arcuatus ; Sus lanceolatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio brevior ; alee 

 latiusculce ; anticce lineis nigricantibus denticutatis, submar- 

 ginali cinerea, reniformi e punctis duobus albis. 



Male. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi stout, with 

 short hairs, rising high above the vertex ; second joint curved ; 

 third lanceolate, much more slender and less than half the length of 

 the second, with which it forms an angle. Antennae with pubescent 

 setae. Wings rather broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; 

 lines blackish, denticulated; submarginal line cinereous ; marginal 

 lunules minute, blackish ; reniforra mark indicated by two white 

 points. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



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Hormisa Pholausalis. 



Mas. Albido-testacea ; palpi longi, fimbriati, ascendentes, extus 

 por recti ; articulus Sus 2o valde brevior ; alee longa, non lata ; 

 anticce subfalcata? y valde acutce,fuseo subconspersa?, linea recta 

 perobliqua fuscescente, orbiculari et reniformi e punctis duo- 

 bus nigricantibus. 



Male. Whitish testaceous. Palpi long, obliquely ascending 

 near the base, porrect from thence to^the tips, moderately fringed; 

 third joint much shorter than the second. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Wings long, not broad. Fore wings sub- 

 falcate, very acute, minutely speckled with brown ; a brownish 

 straight very oblique line extending from near the tip of the costa 

 towards the middle of the interior border, on approaching which it 

 is obsolete; marginal points black ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 blackish, punetiforra. Hind wings white. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



