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NOCTUID^. 



49. Chloridea dejeani. 



Heliothis dejeani, Oberth. Et. Ent. xriii. p. 44, pi. iii. f. 40 (1893). 



2 . Head and thorax pale olive-browu mixed with grey ; pectus 

 clothed with grey hair ; legs mostly black ; abdomen black with 

 pale segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish, the anal tuft 

 fulvous. Fore wing pale olive-browu, the inner and terminal areas 

 dark ; traces of a waved antemedial line ; the orbicular and reniform 

 represented by obscure black patches, the latter with black point 

 above it on costa ; the postmedial line minutely waved, excurved to 

 vein 3, then incurved, the area beyond it dark, especially before 

 the indistinct waved subterminal line. Hind wing ochreous white, 

 the basal area suffused with black to the large black discoidal lunule, 

 the inner margin black ; a broad black terminal band, its inner edge 

 slightly angled outwards above vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a 

 pale patch at middle of termen ; cilia white at tips. Underside of 

 fore wing with the disk white, tlie orbicular and reniform prominent, 

 black; hind wing with basal black streaks below the cell. 



6 . Fore wing with the orbicular absent on upper and under 

 sides : a medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 hind wing without trace of pale patch on termen. 



Hah. W. China, Ni-tou, 1 5 , Ta-Tsien-lu. Exp. 32 millim. 



50. Chloridea dipsacea. 



Noctua dipsacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 856 (1 766) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 172. 



ff. 1-3; Hixbn. Samml. Eur. Schiuett., Noct. f. 311 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 



pi. 119. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 221. 

 Heliothis maritima. Grasl. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fi-. (3) iii. p. 68, pi. 7 (1855). 

 Heliothis spergularia. Led. Noet. Eur. p. 230 (1857). 

 Meliothis adaucta, Butl. III. Het. B. M. iii. p. 19, pi. 45. f. 4 (1878). 



Head and thorax pale brownish tinged with olive ; abdomen 

 olive-grey irrorated with black, thickly on dorsal surface, the anal 

 tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale olive-grey ; the subbasal 

 line represented by black points below costa and cell ; an indistinct, 

 irregularly- dentate antemedial line; the orbicular usually represented 

 by three black points in the form of a triangle ; reniform indistinct 

 dusky or prominently black, with black points round its edge ; an 

 indistinct dentate medial line from cell to inner margin, often with 

 an oblique shade on its inner edge to the antemedial line at inner 

 margin ; the postmedial line indistinct, dentate, with black points 

 on the veins at extremity of teeth, bent outwards below costa, 

 angled inwards above vein 5 and incurved below vein 3 ; a browu 

 band between the postmedial and subterminal lines, below vein 3 

 extending to the medial line ; the subterminal line pale, Avith dark 

 mark on its inner side at costa and points on the veins, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal 

 series of black points or spots. Hind wing ochreous white ; the 

 inner and costal areas suffused with black ; a large black discoidal 

 spot ; the terminal area black, its inner edge angled outwards at 

 veins 4 and 1 and incurved between those points ; a bidentate pale 



