srODOPTERA. ZOO 



hyaline white, the underside with the costa slightly irrorated with 

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



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

 the reniform with fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by 

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

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

 vein 2. 



Hah. Sierra Leone (il/orf/rn?,), 1 S ij'^e procedens ; Lauos, Ebute 

 Meta (Boar/), 1 5 ; Nigeria, Old Calabar ( Grompton, Sampson), b S ^ 

 Sapele {Sampson), 1 6 ; Egtpi ; Arabia, Mt. Sinai ; Abyssinia ; 

 SoKOTEA, Adho Diniellus {Grant), 2 d~ , 1 $ ; Be. E. Africa, Sabaki R. 

 {Gregory), 1 5 , El Urru {Betton), 1 J ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (Marshall), 2 c?; Natal, Maritzburg, 1 $, Durban {Gooch, Bell- 

 Marley, Leigh), 2 c? , 3 $ ; Cape Colony, Grahamstown {Miss 

 Barrett), 1 c? , Annshaw (Mss Barrett), 1 S , Knysna {Trimen), 

 4 c? , 1 2 {Sir A. Smith), 1 cJ , 4 $ , types orbicularis, jyrceterita, 

 and insignata; Mafritius, Curepipe {TuUoch), 1 5; Rodriguez 

 (Gulliver), 1 (£ , I 5; Seychelles, Mahe {Meade- Waldo), 2 $ ; 

 Asia Minob, Taurus Mts. ; Syria ; Palestine ; Persian Gitle, Fao 

 {Gumming), 1 c? , 1 $; Punjab, Sultanpur {G. Young), 1 cJ , 1 $; 

 SiKHiM, 1 c? ; Bombay, Bandra {Jayalcer), 1 S ; Madras, Gooty 

 (Gamphell), 2 d* , Nilgiris (Cardew), 1 c? ; Ceylon, Kandy {Green), 

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

 Java (Honrfield), 3 c? , 2 $ , types cilium and insidsa. Exp. 28-32 

 millim. 



Larva. Ochreous 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. Antennae of male fasciculate. 



3870. Spodoptera compta. 



Laphygma compta, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 30 (1869). 



Head and thorax ochreous 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 oclireous 



