92 NOCTFID^. 



above a white one at the end of the cell ; a postmedial curved band of dark specks, more 

 prominent in some specimens than in others ; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing 

 pale fuscous with a pinkish tinge. Underside pale pinkish fuscous ; fore wing with a black 

 speck on the costa towards the apex ; hind wing with a dark spot at end of cell ; an indistinct 

 postmedial curved band of specks, and a marginal series to both wings. Thorax dark ; 

 antennse, head, and abdomen pale. 



Easily distinguished from A. fasciata, Moore, by the breadth of the dark streak on the 

 fore wing, and from J. albicosta, Hmpsn., by having the inner margin pale as well as the 

 costa. 



HELIOTHIINZE. 

 Heliothis armigera, Hilbn. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 22 (larva).) 

 Var. succinea, Moore, P. Z. -S. 1881, p. 362. 



Larva : pale greyish green ; a broad pale yellow lateral stripe from the eighth to twelfth 

 somite ; a minute prominent black spot on each somite ; head pale red. 



Feeds on the fruit of the " Cape Gooseberry," Physalis peruviana, and pupates under- 

 ground. 



The coloration is different from the European forms figured by Freyer, iii. pi. 203. 



GLOTTULINjE. 



CLINOPHLEBIA, g. n. 



Antennae simple ; the palpi upturned and flattened as in Leoq/ma, Guen. ■ The fore wing 

 is broad and quadrate, with the costa excised and the inner margin evenly curved ; the vena- 

 tion is normal as in all the early groups of Noctues, except that the costal and subcostals are 

 distorted and bent up towards the costa. Hind wing and legs as in Leocyma. 



ClinopMehia sericea. (Plate CLXI. fig. 7.) 



Expanse $ If inch. 



Male. Pure shining white ; the antennae, frons, and palpi above yellow ; the tibia of fore 

 leg yellow spotted with black. 



HADENINyE. 



Euplexia albonota. (Plate CLXI. fig. 14.) 

 Expanse \\ inch. 



Male. Fore wing black, mottled with dark and pale grey and pale brown ; the basal half 

 of costa blue-grey ; a paler basal patch mottled and streaked with black and bounded cs- 



