LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1879 



Nyctemera CONFLUENS. 

 confluens, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. xliii. 38. 

 Amboina. 



Nyctemera fuscipennis. 



Leptosoma fuscipenne, Wlgn. Wien. Ent.Mon. iv. 161. 



Caffraria. 



Nyctemera Integra. 



Fcem. Fusca; caput ochraceum, nigro bimaculatum ; palpi och- 

 racei, apice nigri ; thorax tegulis anticis ochraceo marginatis, 



» tegulis posticis scutellogue ochraceo pallido marginatis ; abdo- 



minis segmenta ochraceo marginata ; alee anticce radiis octo 

 basalibus fasciaque abbreviata subfusiformi albis ; postica 

 albce K fusco late marginatce. 



Female. Brown, Head ochraceous, with a black spot on the 

 vertex aud another in front. Palpi porrect, ochraceous, black towards 

 the tips, extending much beyond the head. Fore tegulse of the 

 thorax bordered with bright ochraceous ; hind tegulae and scutellum 

 bordered with pale ochraceous. Pectus ochraceous. Abdomen 

 with an ochraceous band on the hind border of each segment ; under 

 side pale ochraceous, with two rows of black spots on each side. 

 Legs hoary-striped. Fore wings with eight white rays, of which the 

 shortest is costal and the broadest is on the interior border ; an ex- 

 terior fusiform white band, which is abbreviated near the interior 

 angle and is slightly notched along each side. Hind wings white, 

 with a broad brown marginal band, of which the hind part is undu- 

 lating on its inner side. Length of the body 6Jines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



Very nearly allied to N. lacticinia, but the veins in the bands 

 of the fore wings are white. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Nyctemera alternata. 



Mas. Fusca; oculi ochraceo cincti ; palpi basi albi ; antennce 

 subpectinatcB ; thorax albo bivittatus ; tegulis anticis ochraceo 

 marginatis, tegulis posticis albo marginatis ; abdomen apice 

 ochraceum, segmentis albo marginatis et interrupte fasciatis ; 



