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represented by some black dots, and accompanied towards the costa 

 by a black curved streak; orbicular and reniform marks represented 

 by two black points; a black basal point. Lengtb of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



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 Her mix i a TmoxALis. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi longi, reversi ; articulus 2us subarcuatus ; 

 Sus rectus, lanceolatus, 2i dimidio langior ; antennae setosce, 

 ante medium nodosa, extus arcuatce ; pedes anteriores dense 

 fasciculati ; alee linea submarginali obliqua recta albida inlug 

 fusco marginata ; anticce lineis nigricantibus undulatis, reni- 

 formi nigricante ; posticce macula discali lineaque exteriore 

 fuscis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 cinereous. Palpi long, reverted over the head and fore part of the 

 thorax, slightly fringed ; second joint slightly curved ; third 

 straight, lanceolate, rather more than half the length of the second, 

 with which it forms an angle. Antennae setose, nodose before the 

 middle, curved from thence to the tips. Anterior legs densely 

 tnfted about the knees. Wings with a whitish straight oblique 

 submarginal line, which is diffusedly bordered with brown on the 

 inner side ; marginal lunules brown. Fore wings with the basal, 

 interior and exterior lines blackish, undulating; reniform mark 

 represented by a blackish spot. Hind wings with a brown discal 

 mark and an exterior brown line. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Herminia diffusalis. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi lonyi, reversi ; articulus 2us valde arcaa- 

 tus ; Sus lanceolatus, rectus, 2o brevior ; antennce setosm ; 

 abdomen alas posticas paullo super ans ; tibice anticce valde 

 dilatatce ; ala? untica lineis fuscis denticulatis, submarginali 

 intus diffusa, fascia media recta fusca, reniformi fusca an- 

 gusta pallido marginata ; posticce fuscescetite-cinerea?, lineis 

 tribus fuscis. 



