TRIPHÆNA MATERNA.
Plate [XIII]. fig. 4.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ, Stephens.
Genus. Triphæna, Ochs. Treit. Steph. Phalæna (Noctua), Linn. Drury.
Triphæna Materna. Alis anticis grisescentibus aut luteis, fusco irroratis et undulatis, posticis fulvis, maculâ margineque (albo punctato) atris.
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Materna, Linn. Syst. Nat. II. 840. 117. Drury, App. vol. 2.
Noctua Materna, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 16. No. 27. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2533. 117. Oliv. Enc. Méth. 8. 259. 39.
Noctua hybrida, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 593. 11.
Habitat: Bengal.
Upper Side. Antennæ setaceous. Tongue spiral. Palpi yellow, blue at the tips. Head tinged with blue. Thorax olive. Abdomen yellow. Anterior wings light brown and shining; appearing of several colours according to the position they are held in. Posterior wings yellow, with a round black central spot. Margins black, beginning at the middle of the anterior edges, and ending at the abdominal corners where the margin is narrowest; having eight small white spots thereon, placed on the external edges.