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LAPHYGMA. By W. Warren. 
leucophlebia. 
apertura. 
exem-pta. 
exigua. 
104. Genus: Lapliygma Guen. 
Tongue fully developed; frons smooth; palpi obliquely porrect, the second segment well scaled, the 
third short, smooth; antennae of $ ciliated; the metathorax and basal segment of dorsum slightly crested; 
neuration of wings normal. Type L. exigua Guen. 
L. leucophlebia Hmps. Forewing black brown suffused with leaden grey and irrorated with black, the 
base of inner margin and terminal area paler; the median area with the median vein and bases of veins 4, 3 
streaked with white; subbasal double black striae from costa and blackish patch below cell; inner line double 
filled in with greyish, oblique, minutely waved, bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular and reniform defined 
by black, the former whitish with pale redbrown centre, narrow and oblique, produced at lower extremity, 
the latter with fuscous centre and whitish annulus, with the inner edge straight, constricted at middle exter¬ 
nally; outer line double filled in with greyish, outbent below costa, then oblique and minutely Avavecl, slightly 
excurved at median nervules; subterminal line whitish, indistinct towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 
and slightly excurved at middle, preceded by a series of diffused wedge-shaped black marks in the interspa¬ 
ces, and followed by a series of fine white striae outwardly defined by slight black striae which become con¬ 
fluent with the terminal series of triangular black spots; fringe black brown intersected with white; hind- 
wing pure white, the apex only slightly tinged with brown. A South African species, recorded by Jurner from 
Brisbane, Queensland. 
L. apertura Walk. (= synstictis Hmps.). (Vol. 3, PI. 48 c). Forewing ochreous suffused with dark 
brown and greyish, and irrorated with black; the median area with the median vein, vein 2, and the bases 
of veins 3, 4 streaked with ochreous white; subbasal double black striae from costa and cell; an oblique 
blackish mark beyond across submedian interspace; inner line double filled in with ochreous, outbent below 
costa, excurved in submedian interspace and retracted to inner margin; claviform blackish; orbicular and reni¬ 
form ochreous edged with black, with pale brown centres, the former narrow and oblique, its lower extremity 
produced and confluent with the latter, which is produced at upper end, some ochreous scaling above base of 
vein 2; outer line double, filled in with ochreous, strongly outbent below costa, then oblique, minutely waved, 
and indented on both folds; a subterminal series of ochreous striae, with small dentate black marks on their 
inner side; a series of ochreous striae just before ter men with a series of black points on them; hinclwing 
pure white, with slight dark points on termen above middle. Larva jet-black, with creamy white segmental 
incisions; the prothorax with 3 yellow spots, the other segments with slight pale yellow dorsal spots forming 
a disconnected line; subdorsal line formed of pale yellow marks; spiracular line pale yellow; venter glaucous 
green with white dots; an orange line round anus; head black with an orange spot above jaw and with numerous 
black hairs; feeds on Drosera, especially the stems, forming a cocoon in the earth. The Nilgiri Hills, Madras; 
Ceylon; also recorded from Ichang, Central China. 
L. exempta Walk. (= bipars Walk., ingloria Walk.) (29 b, c). Forewing grey tinged with brown, suf¬ 
fused in parts with purplish red, especially on costal half from median to subterminal line; subbasal double 
dark striae from costa and cell; an oblique black striga with purplish red beyond it across submedian interspace 
before inner line which is double, rather oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace; claviform purplish 
red partly edged with black; orbicular grey tinged with olive brown and slightly defined by black, oblique, oval, 
with a pale bar beyond it; reniform partially defined by black, with a diffused black mark at centre; median 
nervure and veins arising from it slightly streaked with whitish on median area; outer line double, the outer 
arm indistinct, outbent below costa, minutely waved, inanglecl on discal fold and incurved below vein 4; 
an oblique whitish shade from apex to vein 6, out of which the subterminal line arises, whitish, wavy, preceded 
at middle by wedge-shaped black streaks, extending above and below vein 4 to outer line; slight black 
terminal lunules; hindwing ochreous white, the veins tinged with brown, the costal area and termen suffused 
with brown; fringe white, beyond a fine dark terminal line; the $ lots the forowing more uniform fuscous- 
brown, without the oblique pale bar beyond the reniform. Larva dull olive brown with numerous pale streaks, 
the venter pale; pale dorsal and subdorsal stripes edged with whitish; a sinuous pale line above stigmata; 
head and thoracic plate dark brown. Widely distributed, occurring at Aden, Madras, Ceylon, the Malay peninsula, 
Queensland, N. S. Wales, West Australia, Hawaii; also throughout Southern Africa. 
L. exigua Hbn. (= fulgens Hbn.-Gey., junceti Zell., cycloides Guen., caradrinoides Walk., sebgliana 
Aust., venosa Btlr.) (Yol. 3, PI. 48a). Forewing pale grey with slight reddish suffusion and dusted with black; 
subbasal and inner lines double, black filled in with whitish; claviform rufous with black at extremity; or- 
