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ST. HELENA. 
joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 
Antennae slender. Femora broadly fringed ; hind tarsi spinulose 
beneath. Forewings with the orbicular and reniform marks black, 
of the usual form ; a blackish undulating line extending from the 
reniform to the inner border ; two black points between the orbicular 
and the base, one towards the costa, the other towards the inner 
border; a broad pale-brown dentate band, with a darker outline, 
between the reniform and the exterior border. Hindvvings with a 
brown lunule in the disk and with a broad, dark-brown marginal 
band., Length of the body eight lines, of the wings twenty-one 
lines.” It is easily recognised by its pale brick colour, with one black 
spot on each wing. 
Fern. Apamidce. 
Apamea, Ochs. 
subvelata, Walk. — This native is described by Mr. 
Walker as follows : — “ Male ferruginous brown, stout, cinereous 
beneath; palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 
short conical, about one-sixth of the length of the second ; antenna? 
minutely setulose. Abdomen with a large ochraceous apical tuft. 
Fore wings with the orbicular and reniform marks of the usual form; 
orbicular cinereous patch very large, black- bordered ; reniform patch 
large, black-bordered ; an exterior zigzag transverse black line which 
approaches very near another zigzag black line between the reniform 
and the inner border, a less distinct submarginal zigzag black line 
and a row of marginal black points. Hindwings with a continua- 
tion of the exterior line and with a black mark in the disk ; fringe 
white ; underside and that ot the forewings with similar markings. 
Length of the body seven lines ; expansion of the forewings sixteen 
lines.” It is easily distinguished by its very dark-brown colour. 
Prodenia, Gluen. 
P. testaceoides, Guen — A variegated brown and white Moth, 
about three-quarters of an inch in length. The upper wings are 
brown, irregularly veined with white ; the underwings are silky, 
almost white, with a very slight pink tint. The caterpillar is a large 
fat brown one, about an inch and a half in length, marked more or 
less with jet black and bright yellow spots in two longitudinal rows 
down the back. It is very abundant on the high land, destructive to 
