LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 461 



Phalaena (Noctua) Phileta, Drury, App. iii. ; III. Exot. Ins. iii. 30, 



pi. 22, f, 5. 

 Caryatis Phileta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 171, 1762. 

 Callimorpha? Phileta, Westw. ed. Drury, iii. 32, pi. 22, f. 5 ; Nat. 



Libr. Exotic Moths, xxxvii. 



Sierra Leone. 



a — c. Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



d. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



e. West Africa. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 

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Genus 69. SERMYLA. 



Mas. Corpus validum, lineare, mediocriter longum. Caput 

 mediocre. Palpi validi, pilosi, capite breviores ; articulus 3us 

 linearis, 2o plus duplo brevior et gracilior. Antennae subpectinatae, 

 corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix supe- 

 rans. Pedes breves; tibia? posticae calcaribus duabus minutis api- 

 calibus. Ala? sat latae, mediocriter louga3 ; auticae trigonae, venis 

 inferioribus la 2a et 3a basi approximatis, 4a remota. 



Allied to the Noctuida. Male. Body stout, linear, moderately 

 long. Head of moderate size. Palpi stout, hairy, shorter than the 

 head ; third joint linear, slender, less than half of the thickness and 

 of the length of the second. Antennae minutely pectinated, little 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs short ; hind tibiae with two minute 

 apical spurs. Wings rather broad, moderately long. Fore wings 

 triangular, straight in front, angular behind ; first and second inferior 

 veins nearly contiguous at the base ; third full ten times nearer to 

 the second than to the fourth. 



1. Sermyla transversa. 



Nigro-fusca ; caput albo biguttatum ; thorax maculis quatuor an- 

 ticis flavis duabusque lateralibus luteis ; abdomen subtus flavo 

 bivittatum, apice luteum ; alee anticce postice subcyanea, vitta 

 costali fasciaque obliqua discali flavis ; posticce flavct nigro 

 marginatce. 



Brownish black. Head with a white dot by the base of each 

 antenna. Antennae black. Thorax with four yellow spots in front 

 and with a luteous spot on each shoulder. Abdomen with a yellow 



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