LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 397 



14. Nyctemera TRIPUNCTARIA. 



Alba ,• caput et thorax anticus testacea, nigra guttata ; palpi nigri, 

 basi testacei ; antenna nigra ; thorax nigra trivittatus ; abdo- 

 men dorso lateribusque e guttis nigris vittatum, apice testaceum ; 

 pedes nigra strigati ; alee antic a fuse a, strigis vittaque postica 

 basalibvs fasciaque obliqua discali albis ; postica alba, fusco 

 marginatce. 



Phalaena tripunctaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), 2, 864, 226 ; Mm. 



Lud. Ulr. 392. (Edw. Nat. Hist, of Birds, i. pi. 35. Seligm. 



Ois. i. pi. 69. Petiv. Gazoph. pi. 28, f. 8). Cram. Pap. Exot. 



i. 34, pi. 22, f. E. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 249, 42; Mant. Ins. ii. 



191, 62, Grnel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2469, 226. 

 Nyctemera atralba, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 178, 1846. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



b, c. Penang. Presented by Sir W. Norris. 



d. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



e. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 /. East Indies. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



15. Nyctemera latistriga. 



Alba; caput et prothorax testacea, nigra maculata ; thorax nigro- 

 fusco trivittatus ; abdomen fasciis dorsalibus nigro-fuscis, sub- 

 tus testaceum nigro macidatum ; ala anticce fuscce strigis basi 

 fasciaque clliqua discali albis ; postica alba fusco marginata. 



White. Head and prothorax testaceous, with black spots. 

 Palpi testaceous, with black tips. Proboscis tawny. Antennae black. 

 Thorax with three blackish brown stripes. Pectus testaceous with 

 black spots. Abdomen with a dorsal brown band on each segment ; 

 sides, tip and under side testaceous, the latter with two rows of black 

 spots on each side. Legs whitish, with black stripes. Fore wings 

 brown, with some slight white streaks at the base and with one which 

 is much broader and extends from the base near the hind border to 

 half the length of the wing; beyond it there is an oblique white 

 band which does not extend to the hind border and is slightly con- 

 tracted and divided in the middle. Hind wings white with brown 

 borders which are widened and form an angle on the hind side. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stain forth's collection. 



c. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



