SP0D0PTERA. 



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hyaline white, the underside with the costa slightly irrorated with 

 brown, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2. 



2 . Fore wing with the orhieular completely defined by black, 

 the reniform with fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by 

 black points on outer side. Kind wing with dark terminal line 

 from apex to submedian fold and dark line through the cilia to 

 vein 2. 



Hab. Sieuka Leone (Morgan?), 1 rf type procedens ; Lagos, Ebuto 

 Meta (Boat/), 1 5 > Nigeria, Old Calabar ( Crompton, Sampson), 5 <S , 

 Sapele (Sampson), 1 <$ ; Egypt ; Arabia, Mt. Sinai ; Abyssinia ; 

 Sokotra, Adho Dimellus (Grant), 2 c? , 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, Sabaki R. 

 (Gregory), 1 5, El Urru (Betton), 1 d 1 ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (Marshall), 2 <$ ; Natal, Maritzburg, 1 $, Durban (Gooch, Bell- 

 Marie;/, Leigh), 2 J , 3 $ ; Cape Colony, Grahamstown (Miss 

 Barrett), 1 S, Annshaw (Miss Barrett), 1 J 1 , Knysna (Trimen), 

 4 3, 1 5 (Sir A. Smith), 1 (J,4 $, types orbicularis, prceterita, 

 and insignata; Mauritius, Curepipe (Tulloch), 1 $; Bodiuguez 

 (Gulliver), 1 rf , 1 $; Seychelles, Mahe (Meade-Waldo), 2 $ ; 

 Asia Minor, Taurus Mts. ; Syria ; Palestine ; Persian Gulf, Fao 

 (Gumming), 1 S , 1 $; Punjab, Sultanpur (6r. Young), 1 cT , 1 ?! 

 Sikhim, 1 J; Bombay, Bandra (Jay/deer), 1 tf ; Madras, Gooty 

 (Campbell), 2 tf , Nilgiris (Cardew), 1 J; Ceylon, Kandy (Green), 

 1 c? , 1 5 ; Philippines, Luzon, San Fernando, 1 $ ; Borneo ; 

 Java (Borsjield), 3 J , 2 $ , types cilium and insidsa. Exp. 28-32 

 millim. 



Larva. Ocbreous with numerous pale points defined by pale 

 brown ; dorsal line orange ; subdorsal line represented by a series 

 of orange marks defined by irregular black lunules above ; lateral 

 line represented by orange marks, the stigmata black with brown 

 patches above them ; head and thoracic plate red-brown. — Natal 

 (Leigh). 



Sect. III. Antenna of male fasciculate. 



3870. Spodoptera compta. 



Laphygma compta, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. SO (1869). 



Head and thorax oehreous suffused with bright rufous, the vertex 

 of head and outer edge of patagia with some fuscous scales ; palpi 



Fig. 65. — Spodoptera compta, <$ . 



with the 1st and 2nd joints tinged with fuscous at sides ; tarsi 

 suffused with fuscous and with pale rings ; abdomen oehreous 



