652 CATALOGUE OF 



marginata, reniformi disco margineque nigricantibus, linea 

 submarginali angulosa pallide cinerea ; postica albce, lunulis 

 marginalibus fuscis. 



Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 not rising so high as the vertex; third joint conical, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Fore tegulae of the thorax with 

 a transverse blackish line. Abdomen pale cinereous, extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with several brown in- 

 distinct denticulated lines ; orbicular mark round, rather small, 

 paler than the ground hue, with a blackish border; reniform blackish- 

 bordered, of the usual form, with an irregularly blackish disk ; sub- 

 marginal line pale cinereous, zigzag; marginal points blackish, the 

 hindmost much elongated. Hind wings white, iridescent, with a 

 marginal line of brown lunules which do not extend to the interior 

 angle. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Distinguished from L. procedens by its larger size, by the 

 darker fore wings, by the less distinct transverse lines, and by the 

 different shape of the orbicular and reniform marks. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Laphygma squalida. 



Foern. Cervina ; palpi erecti, verticem vix super an f es, articulo So 

 conico ; alee anlicce nigricans conspersa?, reniformi sat magna 

 nigricante submarginata, plagis duabus exterior i bus fuscis, 

 la coslali, 2a marginali lineam albidam angufosam includente ; 

 postica albce, subhyalince, linea marginali fuscesceute. 



Female. Fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi stout, 

 erect, pubescent, hardly ascending above the head ; third joint 

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

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

 wings with blackish speckles; reniform mark rather large, with an 

 incomplete blackish border, two exterior brown patches, of which 

 one joins the costa, and the other join> the exterior bo r and con- 

 tains a zigzag whitish line; marginal dots blackish, lie hindmost 

 one much elongated. Hind wings white, iridescent, slightly 

 hyaline, with a brownish marginal "line which is broadest at the tips. 

 Length of the body ? lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



