LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 191 



9. LAPHYGMA ? CAPICOLA. 



Testaceo-albida ; ales anticrn fasciis variis cinereis, lineis transver- 

 sis undulatis, litura discali macula exteriore guttisque margi- 

 nalibus nigricantibus, ciliis fusco notatis ; posticce albce 

 opalince. 



Spodoptera capicola, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov. f. 131. 



Cape. 



Country unknown. 



10. Laphygma concisa. 



Pallide cervina ; thorax fusco varius ; abdomen albidum ; alee 

 antica lineis iransversis indistinctis lituraque discali undula- 

 tis albidis fusco marginatis, venis exterioribus nigricantibus 

 albido fasciatis, areolis exterioribus nigro strigatis; postica? 

 albidce, opalince, strigis marginalibus fuscescentibus. 



Pale fawn-colour. Thorax varied with brown. Abdomen 

 whitish. Fore wings with indistinct transverse undulating- whitish 

 brown-bordered lines, and with a serpentine discal mark of the same 

 hue; exterior veins blackish with whitish bands ; a blackish streak 

 on each exterior areolet. Hind wings whitish, pearly ; tips of the 

 veins and intermediate streaks pale brownish. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



Genus 10. PRODENIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi validi, 

 ascendentes, breviusculi ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i triente non 

 brevior. Antennae simplices, graciles, corporis dimidio fere lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes sat validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae longiusculae, sat an- 

 gustae ; anticae testaceae et fuscae, apud costam rectae, apice suban- 

 gulatae, margine exteriore subdenticulato sat obliquo. 



Trigonophora, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 217. 

 Neuria, p., Herr.-Schceff. 

 Hadena, p., Boiscl. 

 Prodenia, Guen. Noct. i. 159. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, ascend- 

 ing, rather short ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-third of 

 the length of the second. Antennae simple, slender, full half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending for one-third of its length 



