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NOCTUID^. 
above a white one at the end of the cell ; a postmedial curved band of dark specks^ more 
prominent in some specimens than in others ; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing 
pale fuscous with a pinkish tinge. Underside pale pinkish fuscous ; fore wing with a black 
speck on the costa towards the apex ; hind wing with a dark spot at end of cell ; an indistinct 
postmedial curved band of specks, and a marginal series to both wings. Thorax dark ; 
antennae, head, and abdomen pale. 
Easily distinguished from A. fasciata, Moore, by the breadth of the dark streak on the 
fore wing, and from A. albicosta, Hmpsn., by having the inner margin pale as well as the 
costa. 
HELIOTHIIN^. 
Heliothis armigera, Hiibn. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 22 (larva).) 
Var. succinea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 362. 
Larva : pale greyish green ; a broad pale yellow lateral stripe from the eighth to twelfth 
somite ; a minute prominent black spot on each somite ; head pale red. 
Feeds on the fruit of the " Cape Gooseberry," PhysaUs peruviana, and pupates under- 
ground. 
The coloration is different from the European forms figured by Ereyer, iii. pi. 203. 
GLOTTULIN^. 
CLINOPHLEBIA, g. n. 
Antennae simple ; the palpi uptiirned and flattened as in Leocyma, Guen. The fore wing 
is broad and quadrate, with the costa excised and the inner margin evenly curved ; the vena- 
tion is normal as in all the early groups of Noctues, except that the costal and subcostals are 
distorted and bent up towards the costa. Hind wing and legs as in Leocyma. 
ClinopMeljia sericea. (Plate CLXI. fig. 7.) 
Expanse J' If inch. 
Male. Pure shining white ; the antennse, frons, and palpi above yellow ; the tibia of fore 
leg yellow spotted with black. 
HADENINJE. 
Euplexia albonota. (Plate CLXI. fig. 14.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing black, mottled with dark and pale grey and pale brown ; the basal half 
of costa blue-grey ; a paler basal patch mottled and streaked with black and bounded ex- 
