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Herminia Helesusalis. 



Mas. Albido-testacea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, non longi, vix 

 arcuati ; articulus Sus 2i dimidio non longior ; abdomen sub- 

 tus rufescens ; alee nigro subconspersce, subtus apud costam 

 rufescenles : anticce margine exleriore sat obliquo, lineis exte- 

 riore et submarginali nigricantibus, ilia per obliqua, orbiculari 

 nigricante punctiformi, reniformi e punclis duobus nigrican- 

 tibus ; posticce flavescente-alba. 



Male. Whitish testaceous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not 

 long, rising above the head, hardly curved, slightly pubescent; 

 third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae 

 minutely setose. Abdomen compressed at the tip, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings, with a slight reddish tin^e beneath. 

 Wings not broad, slightly and very minutely speckled with black, 

 with a reddish tinge about the costa on the under side; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings rather oblique along the exterior border ; 

 exterior and submarginal lines blackish ; the former very oblique, 

 obsolete towards the interior border ; the latter nearly parallel to the 

 exterior border ; orbicular mark blackish, punctiform, having behind 

 it nearer the base another blackish point; reniform indicated by two 

 blackish points. Hind wings yellowish white. Length of the 

 body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Herminia? nigrifrontalis. 



Fcem. Subferrugineo-cinerea ; caput nigrum; palpi oblique 

 ascendentes ; articulus 2us late fimbrialus ; 3us gracilis, 

 linearis, subarcuatus, 2o valde brevior ; alee linea exteriore 

 nigra recta valde obliqua extus fusco late marginata antice 

 obsoleta, submarginali e guttis nigris, striga apicali niqra 

 arcuata, orbiculari et reniformi e punctis duobus nigris, 

 puncto basali nigro. 



Female. Cinereous, with a slight ferruginous tinge. Head, 

 palpi and fore part of the thorax black. Palpi obliquely ascending ; 

 second joint broadly fringed; third slender, linear, slightly curved, 

 much shorter than the second. Wings with a black straight very 

 oblique exterior line, which is shaded with brown on the outer side, 

 and is obsolete on the fore half of the fore wings ; submarginal line 



