LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
943 
Wings rather broad, with a broad middle undulating testaceous 
brown-bordered band; an indistinct and very diffuse testaceous 
submarginal band ; fringe broad. Fore wings acute. Hind wings 
with numerous blackish speckles on the middle band. Length of 
the body 3 ? lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a . ? From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
Page 396. 
Hymenia recurvalis. 
Phalaena-Pyralis fascialis, Stoll , Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 163, pi. 36, 
f. 13. 
Hydrocam pa albifacialis, Boisd. Faane Mad. Dep . 119, pi. 16, 
f. 1. 
Madagascar. Bourbon. Mauritius. 
Hymenia recon ditalis. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca , gracilis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi breves , 
lati , acuti , subdecumbentes ; antennae subpubescentes ; abdo- 
men alas posticas superans , segmentis albo marginatis ; alee 
linea exteriore Jlavescente-alba ; anticce acutae , linea interiore 
testaceo-alba , linea exteriore Jlexa , maculis duabus discalibus 
subquadratis , orbiculari e gutta elongata alba ; posticce fascia 
alba , linea exteriore abbreviata. 
Male. Cinereous-brown, slender, whitish beneath. Head 
white about the eyes. Palpi short, broad, acute, slightly decum- 
bent, white beneath. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Abdomen 
extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the 
segments white. Wings moderately broad ; exterior line yellowish 
white ; fringe cinereous-white. Fore wings acute ; interior line 
testaceous-white ; exterior line much bent, accompanied on its 
inner side by two subquadrate spots, of which the fore one repre- 
sents the reniform mark ; orbicular mark forming an elongated 
white dot. Hind wings with a white band on the inner side of the 
exterior line, which is abbreviated hindward. Length of the body 
4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
It has much resemblance to H. perspectalis and to H. recur- 
valis . 
a. New York. From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
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