262 KociuiDJi;. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Accra {Sir G. Garter), 1 S ; Lagos (Strahan, 

 Boag), 2 6, 4 $ ; Nigeria, Old Calabar {Sampson), 3 c? , 8 $ ; 

 SouDAJf, White Nile {Dunn), 1 (5" , 1 $ ; Br. E. Apkica, N'dmu 

 {Betton), 1 cJ , Eb Urru {Betton), 2 $ , Macbakos {Grawshay), 1 $ ; 

 Uganda, Mulema {Dog<jeU), 1 S -, Ketoma {Doggetl), 1 c? , 1 $ , 

 Hoima {Christi/), 1 $ ; Mozambique, Beira {Shq:>pard), 1 ,5,1 $ ; 

 Khodesia, Bulawayo {Marshall, Ei/les), 3 (^ , 2 $ ; Transvaal 

 {Gholmley), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Natal, Durban {Goocli, Wilkinson), 1 cJ , 

 4 $; Aden (t/. J. Walher, Yerhury), 2 c? , 3 § ; Madras, Palriis 

 {Campbell), 1 § ; Ceylon, Maskelij'a {Pole), 1 $ , Haldamulla 

 {Machwood), 1 $; Singapore {Ridley), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Queensland, 

 Cooktown {Lower), 1 cj" ? Townsville (Dodd), 1 $ , Mackay {Loiver), 

 1 5 , Moreton Bay {Biggies), 1 c? , 1 $ , types bipars and ingloria ; 

 N. S. Wales, Sydney (c^e la Garde), 1 $ ; W. Australia, Sherlock R. 

 {Clements), 1$; Hawaii, Honolulu {Blackburn, Matliew, Perldns), 

 7 c? , 2 5 , Kona {PerTcins), 2 c? , 1 § , Waialua {Perkins), 1 c? , 1 ? , 

 Lanai {Perkins), 1 d ; Hab. ign. 1 cJ type, E'a^:). 26-38 millim. 



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 with a small 

 whitish spot behind them on abdominal somites ; head and thoracic 

 plate dark brown. 



3876. Laphygma frugiperda. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. '2Q.) 



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



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



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

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



He't. i. p. 267. 

 Laphygma inepta, Wit. ix. 190 (1856). 

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



p. 269. 

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

 Prodenia atikonnalis, Riley, 3rcl Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 109, fF. 44-49 (1871); 



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



ff. 26-27. 

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

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

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



nee Ilarv. 



6 . Head and thorax ocbreons suffused with reddish brown ; palpi 

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

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

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

 aodomen 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 

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

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



