688 CATALOGUE OF 



15. Heliothis Gossypii. 



Cervino-testacea ; abdomen nigricans, fasciis testaceis ; ala anticce 

 lineis transversis angulosis nigris, macula discali nonnunquam 

 alba ; postica albida?, margine cinereo. 



Phalasna-Noctua Gossypii, Anon. Ins. Surinam, i. 53, pi. 23. 



Surinam. 



Africa. 



16. Heliothis scutuligera. 



Pallid?, cervina ; ala antica? macula orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi 

 magna nigricante, linea submarginali vaga nigricante pallida 

 punctata, ciliis longis squamosis linea nigricante ; posticce 

 margine lato nigricante e macula rotundata interrupto. 



Heliothis scutuligera, Guen. Noct. ii. 180, 932. 



Cape. 



17. Heliothis pulveeosa. 



Mas. Subtestaceo-cinerea, fusco subconspersa ; ala antica mar- 

 gine interiore fasciaque exteriore cinereo-fuscis, lineis trans* 

 versis undulatis valde indistinctis, lituris costalibus fuscis, 

 guttis marginalibus nigris minimis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 fuscis indistinctis ; postica? albida?, litura discali margineque 

 lato ameis. 



Male. Cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge. Thorax and 

 fore wings slightly speckled with brown. Fore wings cinereous- 

 brown along the interior border, and with an exterior band of the 

 same hue ; transverse lines undulating, very indistinct ; costal 

 marks brown ; marginal dots black, very minute ; orbicular and re- 

 niform spots brown, indistinct. Hind wing-s whitish ; discal mark 

 and borders seneous, the latter broad. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



