150 LEPIDOPTERA. 



regions of Central Asia, Japan, and, in a rather more yellow 

 variety, in India. 



Genus 88. HELIOTHIS. 



Antennae ciliated ; tongue of moderate length ; eyes naked, 

 devoid of lashes ; thorax smooth, without crests ; abdomen 

 also smooth and not crested ; fore wings somewhat trigonate, 

 the usual pattern of markings obscure, but the reniform 

 'stigma large and produced to the costa ; hind wings broad, 

 the cross-bar angulated, vein 5 apparently carried through to 

 the base of the wing. 



Larvae smooth, of regular thickness, feeding on low-growing 

 plants. 



PuPjE of ordinary form, without ventral projection, in a 

 slight earthen cocoon. 



The four species may readily be discriminated. 



A. Fore wings yellow-brown with darker reniform stigma 



and sub-marginal band. 



B. A black dot at the anal angle. H. peltigcra. 

 B.' No black dot at the anal angle. H. armigera. 

 A." Fore wings olive-brown ; hind wings yellow with black 



markings. H. dipsacca. 



A. 3 All the wings white, with broad grey-black markings. 



H. scutosa. 



1. H. armigera, Hilb.; armiger, Stated. Cat. — Expanse 

 1^ inch. Fore wings rather blunt, yellow-brown or tawny, 

 with a broad darker band before the hind margin, and a 

 darker reniform stigma. Hind wings yellowish-white with a 

 broad blackish-brown hind border and dark nervures. 



Antennaa of the male simple, minutely ciliated, light brown ; 

 palpi small, slender, horizontal, whitish-brown ; eyes naked, 

 deep brown, spotted with black and devoid of lashes ; head 



