LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 721 



Laphygma TRIPLEX. 



Mas. Albido-testacea, iridescens ; abdomen albidum ; alee, antic a 

 latiuscula, margine exteriore vix obliquo, lituris valde indis- 

 tinctis, orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi ex parte guttisque exte- 

 rioribus fuscis, guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticce alba, 

 semihyalinee. 



Male. Whitish testaceous, iridescent. Abdomen whitish. 

 Fore wings rather broad, hardly oblique along the exterior border ; 

 all the marks very indistinct ; orbicular spot obsolete ; reniform partly 

 brown ; an exterior row of browu dots ; marginal dots black. Hind 

 wings white, iridescent, semihyaline. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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Laphygma procedens. 



Mas. Testacea ; antenna sub eiliat a ; ala antica lineis transversis 

 duplicatis angulosis nigricantibus, margine exteriore subfus- 

 cescente, lunulis marginalibus maculaque reniformi nigris, or- 

 biculari subobsoleta ; postica alba, semihyalina. 



Male. Testaceous. Antennae minutely ciliated. Fore wings 

 with the transverse lines blackish, slender, zigzag, double ; a 

 brownish tinge along the exterior border ; marginal lunules black ; 

 orbicular spot almost obsolete ; reniform mostly black. Hind wings 

 white, semihyaline. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 1 1 

 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Eev. D. F. Morgan. 



Laphygma? punctifixis. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; palporum articulus Sus cylindricus, 2i 

 triente non brevior ; antenna vix serrata ; ala anticce nigra 

 subconspersa, striga discali nigricante guttisque duabus termi- 

 nalibus nigris, reniformi parva albida, linea exteriore indis- 

 tincta e guttis paucis nigricantibus, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigricantibus ; postica alba, linea marginali pallide fusca. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Third joint of the palpi cylindrical, 

 full one-third of the length of the second. Antennae hardly serrated. 

 Fore wings with minute blackish speckles, and with a blackish 

 discal streak, which has at each end a black dot, and includes the 



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