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.