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to half the lengtli ; first subcostal emitted before eiul of the coll; discocellular 

 outwardly oblique, radial from below the middle ; two upper medians from end of 

 the cell, lower at one-fourth before the end ; submedian and internal veins widely 

 separated, recurved. Body stout; thorax very robust, thickly clothed, smooth; 

 head small, pointed in front ; palpi pori-ect, closely applied at the tip and projecting 

 in front of the head like a rostrum, compactly clothed with lengthened scales, the 

 joints of equal length ; antenna3 setaceous ; legs stout, middle and hind tibias thickly 

 clothed, spurs stout. {H. piiera.) 



HYBL^A PUERA (Plate 154, Fig. 2, 2a, larva). 

 Fhalcrna Xoctua Fuera, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 103, fig. d, e (1779). 

 Hyhlma Fuera, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 390; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 979. 

 Noctua saga, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 137 (17S7). 



Ilyblcea saga, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 128 (1793). Naturf. p. 201, pi. 4, fig. 10, 11. 

 Noctua xinxia, Hiibiier, Eur. Schmett. Noct. fig. 513 (1810). 

 Euschesis unxia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 221. 

 Heliothis apricans, Boisduval, Faun. Eut. Mad. et Maur. Lep. p. 98, pi. 15, f. 7 (1834). 



Forewing dark purplish greyish-brown, more or less indistinctly flecked with 

 minute black transverse striga3 ; a darker purple-brown oblique subbasal fascia, a 

 broad waved discal interrupted fascia, and a similar short fascia from the apex ; these 

 fasciae are more or less indistinct in the male, and in the female are more or less 

 interspaced obliquely across the middle and externally from the costa to posterior 

 angle with longitudinally disposed olive-yellow scales ; an indistinct blackish reniform 

 spot is also sometimes present : hindwing cupreous-black, with a short discal scarlet- 

 bordered yellow angulated lobular band, and a short similar coloured band from tlic 

 anal angle ; cilia pale purple-brown. Body above purplish greyish-brown, abdomen 

 with slender yellow segmental bands ; palpi, and thorax beneath, and legs yellow, 

 hind tibifB with a pale scarlet stripe. 



Expanse, S IfV, 2 Iw inch. 



Larva with a few short silky hairs ; dark purplish-grey above, ohve-green below ; 

 with dorsal and lateral white lines, a subdorsal row of minute white dots and rings ; 

 a row of black dots on lateral hue ; head and second segment, and front legs black. ' 

 Pupa dark purple-brown. 



" Feeds on BignoniaceJB." (Thwaites.) 



B.Y'BLMA CONSTELLATA (Plate 154, Fig. 3, 3a, ^ ?). 

 Hyhlcea constellata, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 391 (1852); Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 980. 

 Male : forewing dark olive-brown ; with an indistinct transverse oblique discal 

 and a submarginal brown fascia, a few olive-yellow longitudinal scales disposed along 



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