LEPIDOPTERA HETEUOCERA. 687 



12. Heliothis PYRALIS. 



Mas. Flava ; caputs thorax et alarum margines lati apicales 

 rufescentia ; alee guttis submarginalibus albis, anticce maculis 

 anticis rufescentibus. 



Hemeroplanis pyralis (Noctua semigeometra, Heliothis alacris), 

 H'ubn. Samml. ExoU Schmett. i. 23, 64, f. 127, 128. 



Georgia or Florida. 



13. Heliothis exprimens. 



Mas. Cervina; abdomen pallidum; alee anticce apud medium 

 obscuriores, lineis transversis angulosis ferrugineis, lineis 

 medianis nigricantibus undulatis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 magnis ferrugineo marginatis ; posiicce testacece, litura dis- 

 cali nigricante, margine lato nigro-cupreo. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Abdomen paler than the thorax. Fore 

 wings with transverse angular ferruginous lines ; median lines 

 blackish, undulatiug, more distinct than the others, and with the 

 adjoining part of the wing darker than the latter elsewhere ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform spots large, with ferruginous borders. Hind 

 wings testaceous, with a blackish discal mark and broad blackish 

 cupreous borders, which have a brighter cupreous margin. Length 

 of the body 6^- lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



b. Canada. 



South America. 



14. Heliothis ctlisca. 



Ferruginea, H. marginatse affinis ; al& antica minus obscurce, rufo 

 magis conspersa, lineis et macularum marginibus magis rufis, 

 fascia purpureo-fusca submarginali e lunulis magis constricta, 

 spatio marginali concolore; postica fascia rufescente* 



Heliothis cilisca, Guen. Noct. ii. 179, 929. 



Brazil. 



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