262 N0CTUID.E. 



Hub. Gold Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 1 J ; Lagos (Strahan, 

 Boag), 2d, 4 $ ; Nigeria, Old Calabar (Sampson), 3d 1 , 8 5 ; 

 Soudan, White Nile (Dunn), 1 J , 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, N'dmu 

 (Betton), 1 d, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 £ , Machakos yCrawshag), 1 $ ; 

 Uganda, Mulema (Doggett), 1 d , Ketoma (Doggett), 1^,1$, 

 Hoima (Christ;/), 1 $ ; Mozambique, Beira (Sheppard), 1 d , 1 $ ; 

 Hhodesia, Bulawayo (Marshall, Eyles), 3 J , 2 5 ; Transvaal 

 (Cholmley), 1 J , 1 § ; Natal, Durban (Gooch, Wilkinson), 1 d, 

 4 $; Aden (J. J. Walker, Yerbury), 2 J , 3 $; Madras, Palnis 

 (Campbell), 1 $; Cuylon, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 5, Haldamulla 

 (Mackwood), 1 $; Singapore (Ridley), 1 (J, 1 J; Queensland, 

 Cooktown (Lower), 1 d , Townsville (Dodd), 1 2 , Mackay (Lower), 

 1 5 » Moreton Bay (Biggies), 1 J , 1 5 5 types bipars and ingloria ; 

 N. S. Wales, Sydney (cite Zcr Garde), 1 5 ; W. Australia, Sherlock It. 

 (Clements), 1$; Hawaii, Honolulu (Blackburn, Matheiv, Perkins), 

 7 d\ 2 $ , Kona (Perkins), 2 tf , 1 ? , Waialua (Perfcins), 1 rf , 1 $ , 

 Lanai (Perkins), 1 J ; Hab. ign. 1 d type. ^a;p. 26-38 millira. 



Larva. Dull olive-brown with numerous pale streaks, the ventral 

 surface pale ; pale dorsal and subdorsal stripes edged with whitish ; 

 a sinuous pale line above stigmata, which are black w r ith a small 

 whitish spot behind them on abdominal somites ; head and thoracic 

 plate dark brown. 



3876. Laphygma frugiperda. (Hate CXXVIII. fig. 26.) 



Phalcena frugiperda, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 191, pi. 96 (1797) ; 



Geyer, Zutr. 22, no. 342, ff. 683, 684; Riley, 4th Report U.S. Ent. Comm. 



p. 353, pi. 62. f. 2 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 168. 

 Laphygma macra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 157 (1852) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., 



Het, i. p. 267. 

 Laphygma inepta, Wlk. ix. 190 (185(5). 

 Prodenia tignifera, Wlk. ix. 193 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. 



p. 269. 

 Prodenia, plagiata, Wlk. ix. 194 (1856). 

 Prodenia aulumnalis, Riley, 3rd Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 109, ff. 44-49 (1871); 



and Am. Ent. ii. p. 363, ft'. 221, 223; and 8th Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 48, 



ff. 26-27. 

 Prodenia Jul eosa, Riley, 8th Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 49 (1876). 

 Prodenia obscura, Riley, 8th Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 49 (1876). 

 Caradrina fiavimaculafa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 280 (part.), 



nee Harv. 



c? . Head and thorax ochreous suffused with reddish brown ; palpi 

 with blackish patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with blackish bar 

 above; vertex of head suffused with fuscous ; tegulae with fuscous 

 patches ; pectus whitish ; fore coxoe and femora suffused with fuscous ; 

 aDdomen ochreous white suffused with reddish brown leaving slight 

 pale segmental lines, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing 

 ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous and reddish brown, the 

 inner area paler; subbasal line represented by double oblique dark 

 striae from costa; a black streak below base of cell curved up to 

 cell at extremity; a minute whitish spot defined by black on outer 



