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at one-fourth, from base of tliird, fifth from end of the cell, and slightly joined by a 

 short spur to third near its base ; discocellular slender, bent in the middle, radials 

 from upper end and near lower end ; middle median from angle close to end of the 

 cell, lower at one-third before the end ; submediau curved beyond the base : hind- 

 wing short, exterior margin oblique, convex, waved ; cell extending to nearly half 

 the length ; two subcostals from end of the cell ; discocellular very slender, oblique, 

 concave, radial very slender, emitted from the middle ; two upper medians from end 

 of the cell, lower at one-fifth before the end; submedian and internal vein slightly 

 recurved. Body stout, smooth ; palpi porrect, extending half length beyond the 

 eyes, pilose beneath, third joint short, obtusely conical ; antenna minutely pubescent ; 

 legs moderately stout, femora fringed beneath, fore tibiae rather long, narrow, armed 

 with two slender spines in front and shorter spines at the sides, middle and hind tibiae 

 also spined at the sides, and with long spurs, 

 r^jjt?, H. dipsacea. 



HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA (Plate 150, Fig. \,$, \a, laiva). 



Noctua armigera, Hiibner, Noct. pi. 79, fig. 370 (1804) ; Duponchel, Lep. Fr. vii. p. 310, pi. 119, f. ii, 6. 

 Heliothis armigera, Treitschke, Sclimett. Eur, v. 3, p. 230; Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 181 ; Walker, Catal. 

 Lep. Het. B. M. xi. p. 683. 



Pale brownish olivaceous-ochreous : forewing crossed by very indistinct zigzag 

 antemedial and denticulated discal duplex brownish lines, followed by a dark fascia 

 which is bordered by a zigzag submargiual line ; the outer discal line with a row of 

 minute black point's ; a small dusky brown orbicular spot and a more distinct reniform 

 mark ; a marginal row of minute black dots : hindwing paler ; semidiaphanous 

 towards the base, veins brown, with a dusky brown marginal band, which has a pale 

 exterior streak in its middle ; a slight brownish lunule at end of the cell. 



Expanse 1\ to 1^ inch. 



Larva elongated, green, palest above ; with a darker dorsal line, and two yellowish 

 sublateral lines ; three anterior segments transversely speckled with purple-brown 

 and black spots ; fifth to eleventh segment with a large lateral purple-brown black- 

 spotted blotch, the eleventh segment also with an irregular black dorsal mark. Pupa 

 reddish. 



"Feeds on Rosebuds, &c." (ThwaUes.) 



Genus ADISURA. 



Adisura, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. 1881, p. 367; Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. p. 136 (1882). 

 Forewing comparatively short and broad, triangular, costa nearly straight, apex 

 very acute, exterior margin oblique and even, posterior margin short ; first subcostal 

 branch emitted from half length of the cell, second near the end, trifurcate, the third 



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