648 CATALOGUE OF 



Spodoptera CILIUM. 

 cilium, Cat Lep. Het. ix. 127. 

 a, b. Java. Presented bv the Secretary of tbe India Board. 



Spodoptera insulsa. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; alee antica? nigricante conspersa, reniformi 

 e atomis nigricantibus, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 alba, costa vents apud marginem lineaque marginali fusees- 

 centibus. 



Male. Dull pale fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; second joint 

 broad; third very minute. Antennae minutely setulose. Fore wings 

 with blackish speckles, a cluster of which indicate the reniform 

 mark ; marginal points black. Hind wings white ; costa, veins 

 towards the exterior border and marginal line brownish. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Genus LAPHYGMA, C. L. H. ix. 187. 



Laphygma obliterans. 

 obliterans, Wlk. Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 87. 

 Cape. 



Laphygma spilomela. 



Pallide cinereo-cervina aut ochraceo-cervina ; palpi albidi, erecti, 

 fusco signati, verticem paullo super antes ; alee antica lineit 

 quatuor arcuatis e punctis nigris, \a 2aque ante mediis, 3a 

 iaque post mediis, reniformi punctis nigris marginato disco 

 nigricante, macula subcostali nigra, linea submarginali nigri- 

 cante diffusa abbreviata; posticce albida?, apud marginem 

 exteriorem subamea. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour or ochraceous fawn- 

 colour, whitish beneath. Palpi whitish, erect, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex ; second joint mostly brown on the outer side ; third 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Ab- 

 domen pale cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 



