. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. srODOPTERA. ZOO hyaline white, the underside with the costa slightly irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black jjoints from apex to vein 2. 2 . Fore wing with the orbicular completely defined by black, the reniform with fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by black points on outer side. Hind wing with dark terminal line from apex to submedian fold and dark line through the cilia to vein 2. Hah. Sierra Leone (il/orf/rn?,), 1 S ij'^e procedens ; Lauos, Ebute Meta (Boar/), 1 5 ; Nigeria, Old Calabar (Grompton, Samps
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. srODOPTERA. ZOO hyaline white, the underside with the costa slightly irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black jjoints from apex to vein 2. 2 . Fore wing with the orbicular completely defined by black, the reniform with fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by black points on outer side. Hind wing with dark terminal line from apex to submedian fold and dark line through the cilia to vein 2. Hah. Sierra Leone (il/orf/rn?,), 1 S ij'^e procedens ; Lauos, Ebute Meta (Boar/), 1 5 ; Nigeria, Old Calabar (Grompton, Sampson), b S ^ Sapele {Sampson), 1 6 ; Egtpi ; Arabia, Mt. Sinai; Abyssinia ; SoKOTEA, Adho Diniellus {Grant), 2 d~, 1 $ ; Be. E. Africa, Sabaki R. {Gregory), 1 5 , El Urru {Betton), 1 J ; Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 2 c?; Natal, Maritzburg, 1 $, Durban {Gooch, Bell- Marley, Leigh), 2 c?, 3 $; Cape Colony, Grahamstown {Miss Barrett), 1 c?, Annshaw (Mss Barrett), 1 S, Knysna {Trimen), 4 c? , 1 2 {Sir A. Smith), 1 cJ, 4 $ , types orbicularis, jyrceterita, and insignata; Mafritius, Curepipe {TuUoch), 1 5; Rodriguez (Gulliver), 1 (£, I 5; Seychelles, Mahe {Meade-Waldo), 2 $ ; Asia Minob, Taurus Mts. ; Syria ; Palestine ; Persian Gitle, Fao {Gumming), 1 c? , 1 $; Punjab, Sultanpur {G. Young), 1 cJ, 1 $; SiKHiM, 1 c?; Bombay, Bandra {Jayalcer), 1 S; Madras, Gooty (Gamphell), 2 d*, Nilgiris (Cardew), 1 c? ; Ceylon, Kandy {Green), 1 c?, 1 $; Philippines, Luzon, San Fernando, 1 $ ; Borneo ; Java (Honrfield), 3 c? , 2 $ , types cilium and insidsa. Exp. 28-32 millim. Larva. Ochreous with numerous pale points defined by pale brown ; dorsal line orange ; subdorsal line represented by a series of orange marks defined by irregular black lunules above; lateral line represented by orange marks, the stigmata black with brown patches above them ; head and thoracic plate red-brown.—Natal {Leigh). Sect. III. Antennae of male fasciculate. 3870. Spodoptera compta. Laphygma compta, Wlk. Char.
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