noctuid.t:. 



81 4G. Epicausis smithi. 



Laphnmcm smithii, Mub. Bull. Soc. Knt. Fr. (5) ix. p. clxxiv (March 1880) ; 



Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 102, pi. v. ff. bZ, 53a; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. 



p. 203. 

 Epicausis /anil/err,, Eutl. A. M. N. H. (5) t. p. 342 CApr. 1880). 



Head and tliorax crimson mixed witli some yellow ; antennae, 

 palpi, lower part of frons except at middle, pectus and legs black ; 

 abdomen black, tbe terminal segments and large anal tuft crimson, 

 the venti-al surface with black patch on anal segment, the claspers 

 fringed with some yellow hair. Fore wing fulvous orange ; sub- 

 basal line double, black, strong, from costa to submedian fold ; two 

 antemedial black bars from costa and two lines from submedian 

 fold to inner margin ; two postmedial black bars from costa, and 

 two lines from submedian fold to inner margin ; a terminal greyish 

 fuscous band indented by wedge-shaped orange marks on the veins 



Fig. 87. — Epicausis sndfhi, J. }. 



defined by black scales and extending almost to termen. Hind 

 wing with the basal area and inner margin fuscous black with some 

 yellow hair at base an(i along inner margin ; an orange postmedial 

 band, broad at costa, narrowing somewhat to above inner margin 

 near tornus, where it tenninates ; a terminal black band nan-owing 

 to tornus ; cilia tinged with grey. Underside of fore wing orange, 

 the basal area black, the terminal area fuscous black, broad at costa 

 and narrowing towards tornus, an orange wedge-shaped mark near 

 its inner edge from costa to vein 5. 



Ilah. Madagascar, IJetsileo (Coican), 1 J , I $ , Fianarantsoa 

 (Co>':an), 1 c? , 1 $ type lanigera. E.rp. GO-70 millim. 



