﻿1750 CATALOGUE OF 



Fawn-colour, paler beneath, where the four wings have a 

 broad dark brown marginal band. Head and fore part of the tho- 

 rax somewhat ochraceous. Fore wings with two or three black 

 points near the base, and with a row of black points just beyond 

 the reniform spot, whijeh is large, black, tinged with cinereous, and 

 much excavated on ihe outer side ; submarginal line indicated by 

 white black-marked points; marginal points black. Hind wings 

 cinereous, with a b^ad brown marginal baud ; fringe pale. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



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Heliothis diversipennis. 



Mas et fcem. Albida^ fusca conspersa ; antennce long a ; thorax 

 antice fuscus ; alee anticce pallide cinerece subopalince^ striga 

 subtrigona cinereo-fusca^ linea exteriore undulata, guttis exte- 

 rioribus nonnunquam obsoletis plagaque apicali fuscis, hac 

 nigro alboque notata, lunulis marginalibus fuscis inius albo 

 warginatis^ orbiculari et reniformi parvis indistinctis, hac 



fusco notata ; posticce albce, litiira discali margineque lato 



fuscis, 



Male and female. Whitish. Head and thorax speckled with 

 brown. Antennae long. Thorax brown in front. Fore wings pale 

 cinereous, slightly opaline, with a nearly triangular cinereous- 

 brown streak, which widens from the base to the exterior line ; the 

 latter is undulating, and is accompanied by a double row of brown 

 dots, most of which are occasionally obsolete; a white streak 

 adjoining the fore side of the preceding streak, and a brown apical 

 patch which is marked with black and white ; marginal lunules 

 brown, bordered on the inner side with white; orbicular and reni- 

 form marks small, indistinct, the latter marked with brown. Hind 

 winp[s white, with a brown discal mark and a broad brown border. 

 Male, — Antennae crenulate ; the setae decreasing in length from the 

 base and disappearing towards the tips. Abdomen with a long 

 apical tuft. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 13 — 14 

 lines. 



a, Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

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

 c, _— ? From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



