﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1679 



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Prodenia lectula. 



Mas. Fusca^ subtus cinerea ,• thorax cinereo fasciatus, anticc 

 subcervinus ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticcB lineis undulatis 

 fuscis, spatio discali elongato trigone fusco strigam albidam 

 lanceolatam includente, linea basali interrupta, lunula parva 

 subcostali strigague exteriore albidis^ linea submarginali 

 nigricante-fusca denticulata interrupta, margine exteriore 

 pallide purpurascenie interlineato ; posticce pallide cinerea, 

 margine lato fuscescente. 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Thorax with cinereous 

 bands, somewhat fawn-colour in front. Abdomen cinereous. Fore 

 wings with brown undulating lines, interrupted by an elongated 

 triangular discal brown space, which contains a whitish lanceolate 

 streak ; a whitish interrupted line near the base, a small whitish 

 lunule in front of the brown part, and an exterior longitudinal 

 whitish streak; submarginal line blackish brown, denticulated, 

 interrupted; exterior margin pale purplish, with two dark lines. 

 Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad brownish border. Length 

 of the body 4 J lines; of the wings 11 lines. 

 Canara. In the East India Company's collection. 



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Prodenia ingloria. 



Mas. Cinerea ; thorax fascia antica nigricante ; alee anticce fusco 

 ex parte nebulosce, lineis transversis nigricantibus undulatis, 

 orbiculari magna eUiptica obliqua fusco maryinata apud 

 discum testacea, reniformi magna albida disco fusco, punctis 

 raarginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce pallide cinerece, semihga- 

 lincB, venis lineaque marginali fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous. Thorax wilh a blackish band in front. 

 Fore wings partly shaded with brown ; transverse lines blackish, 

 undulating; orbicular mark large, elliptical, oblique, with a tes- 

 taceous disk and a brown border; reniform large, whitish, with an 

 irregular brown disk; marginal points blackish. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous, semihyaline, wilh brown veins and a brown miirginal 

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

 a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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