LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 723 



Prodenia Marmorea. 



Cervina ; thorax nigro -bivittatus ; alee antica nigro varia ; liluris 

 basalibus unaque discali, striga posterior e fasciaque exteriore 

 albidis ; posticce albce, venis apud margines margineque antico 

 cinereis. 



Phalaena-Noctua Marmorea, Anon. Ins. Surinam, ii. 109, pi. 51. 



Surinam. 



Page 197. 

 Prodenia glaucistrtga. 

 e. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Prodenia declinata. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; thorax cervino fasciatus ; abdomen albi- 

 dum ; alee anticce angusta?, cervino subnebulosce, lineis pallidis 

 indistinctis nigro ex parte marginatis, fascia antica lata 

 obliqua albida, fascia apicali lata obliqua albido-purpuras- 

 cente, strigis submarginalibus fuscis ; postica alba, semihya- 

 Una, margine perangusto fusco. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Thorax with a dull pale fawn-coloured 

 band. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings narrow, slightly clouded 

 with dull pale fawn-colour; transverse lines pale, indistinct, partly 

 bordered with black; an oblique broad whitish band in front hiding 

 the orbicular spot and contiguous to the reniform one, which is 

 large, distinct, and much excavated on the exterior side ; a lilac- 

 white broad oblique apical baud, which extends over some of the 

 submarginal brown streaks. Hind wings white, iridescent, semi- 

 hyaline, with very narrow brown borders. Length of the body 5 

 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Prodenia permunda. 



Fcem. Obscure cinerea ; thorax nigro conspersus ; abdomen ca- 

 num ; ala anticce lineis transversis angulosis, strigis exteriori- 

 bus guttisque marginalibus nigris, linea submarginali angulosa 

 albida, orbiculari subcinerea, reniformi atra, albido ex parte 

 marginata ; posticce alba, margine angusto venisque fuscis. 



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