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CATALOGUE OF 
obliqua fusco marginata , tinea marginali nigra ; anticce tinea 
interiore indistincta , orbiculari punctiformi et reniformi 
lunulata pallide ochraceis fusco marginatis. 
Male. Cinereous, slender. Palpi curved, much more than 
half the length of the body ; third joint as long as the second, with 
a fan-shaped tuft of pale hairs. Antennae slender, setose, curled. 
Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Wings 
rather narrow, slightly brownish-tinged exteriorly; exterior line 
blackish, slender, slightly denticulated ; submarginal line dull 
ochraceous, straight, oblique, brown-bordered on both sides, more 
distinct in the fore wings than in the hind wings ; marginal line 
black, less continuous than in the fore wings ; fringe interlined. 
Fore wings moderately acute; interior line indistinct; punctiform 
orbicular mark and lunulate reniform mark pale ochraceous, brown- 
bordered. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
This Herminia and the two following are allied to H . Nisosa - 
lis and to H. Spiosalis in structure, but are quite distinct from 
those species. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Herminia Asteralis. 
Mas. Cinerea ; palpi ascendentes , corporis dimidio valde ton - 
giores , articulo 2 o arcuato , 3 o longo penicillato ; antenna 
setosce ; alee elongate e, fusco subconspersce, linea submarginali 
fusca obliqua subrecta , punctis margin alibus nigricantibus ; 
anticce acutce , lineis interiore et exteriore gracillimis indis- 
tinclis , reniformi fusca parva. 
Male. Cinereous, slender. Palpi ascending, much more than 
half the length of the body ; first joint very short; second curved ; 
third as long as the second, adorned with a fan-shaped tuft of pale 
hairs. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond ihe 
hind wings. Wings elongate, slightly speckled with brown ; sub- 
orn rginal line brown, oblique, nearly straight, partly obsolete in the 
hind wings ; marginal line blackish. Fore wings very acute; inte- 
rior and exterior lines very slender and indistinct ; reniform mark 
brown, rather small. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 
11 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
