DEIOPEIA? PUELLA.
Plate [II]. fig. 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Lithosiidæ, Steph.
Genus. Deiopeia? Steph. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.
Deiopeia? Puella. Alis anticis albis, maculâ parvâ discoidali nigrâ, fasciisque 4 transversis rubris, posticis abdomineque carneis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Puella, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Habitat: Madras.
Upper Side. Antennæ setaceous. Head white. Tongue spiral. Neck red. Thorax red and white. Abdomen grey. Anterior wings white, having a small black central spot in the middle of each, with four narrow red lines crossing them. Posterior wings yellowish flesh-coloured, immaculate.
Under Side. Breast, sides, and abdomen light grey. Anterior wings having the anterior edges tinged with red at the base, the four narrow red lines being faintly seen on this side. Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side.