LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 689 



18. Heliothis DEFINIENS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; abdomen fuscescens ; aim anticce lineis transversis 

 undulatis indistinctis fusees centibus albido marginatis, costa 

 Uluris fuscescentibus et albidis, guttis marginalibus nigris 

 lunatis pallido marginatis, linea submarginali e strigis indis- 

 tinctis fuscis, claviformi orbiculari et reniformi distinctis 

 fusco marginatis, orbiculari albido annulata ; postica pallide 

 cinerece, margine latissimo ceneo-fusco, ciliis albis. 



Male. Cinereous. Abdomen brownish except at the base. 

 Fore wings with the transverse lines undulating, indistinct, brownish, 

 with whitish borders ; costa with brownish and whitish marks ; mar- 

 ginal dots black, lunate, with pale borders ; submarginal line repre- 

 sented by indistinct brown streaks ; claviform, orbicular, and reni- 

 forin spots distinct, with brown borders ; orbicular with an inner 

 whitish border, a little less than half the size of the reniform. Hind 

 wings pale cinereous, with very broad aeneous-brown borders ; cilice 

 white. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Asia. 



19. Heliothis flava. 



Alaflavce ; anticce fusco striata, macula mediana nigra ; posticce 

 fascia submarginali nigra; aim subtus fascia submarginali 

 nigra, anticce maculis duabus nigris. 



Heliothis flava, Bremer und Greg, Beit, zur Schmett. Fauna des 

 Nordlichen Chinas, 18, 94. 



North China. 



20. Heliothis temperata. 



Foein. Testacea ; alee antica? lineis transversis angulosis nigri- 

 cantibus, exteriore duplicata, fascia exteriore cinereo-fusca, 

 linea submarginali distincta, orbiculari et reniformi valde 

 indistinctis ; alee posticm margine lato cinereo-fusco ex parte 

 excavato. 



Male. Testaceous. Fore wings with transverse angulose 

 blackish Hues, the exterior one double, and having between it and 



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