﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1677 



snhmarginata, macula exteriors discali nujra angulata, 

 punctis marginalihus nigris, fimbria fusco guttata ; posticce 

 albce. 



Spodopiera capicola, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. f. 131. 



Cape. 



Page 190. 



Laphygma? congressa. 



Mas. Cervina ; caputs palpi et thorax nigra varia ; fasciculus 

 frontalis porrectus ; antennce cilia tee ; abdomen testaceum ; 

 alee anticce nigricante nebulosce, orbiculari e gutta nigra ^ 

 reniformi albida angusta nigro marginata, punctis ex- 

 terioribus lunulisque marginalibas nigris ; posticce albida. 



Male. Fawn-colour, pale beneath. Head, palpi and thorax 

 varied with black. Frontal tuft very prominent. Antennae ciliated. 

 Abdomen pale testaceous. Fore win^s shaded with blackish ; 

 orbicular mark forming a black dot; reuiform whitish, narrow, con- 

 tracted in the middle, bordered with black ; an incomplete exterior 

 line of black points; marginal lunules black. Hind wings whitish. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Laphygma? trientiplaga. 



Mas. Testacea^ subtus pallide cinerea ; thorax nigricante con- 

 spersus ; palpi extus nigricantes ; antenna simplices ; abdomen 

 pilis nonnullis apicalibus nigris ; pedes anteriores ex parte 

 nigricantes; alee anticce fusco consperscp, triente exteriore 

 obscure fusca, macula apicali pallide testacea, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris; posticce albce, iridescentes, semihyalince. 



Male. Testaceous, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi blackish 

 on the outer side. Antennas simple. Thorax with blackish 

 speckles. Abdomen pale cinereous ; apical tuft testaceous, with 

 some blackish hairs. Anterior legs partly blackish. Fore wings 

 irregularly speckled with brown ; exterior third part mostly dark 

 brown ; a pale testaceous apical spot ; marginal points black. 

 Hind wings white, iridescent, semihyaline. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 

 Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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