NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXI. HlU. 329 



147. Aporophyla nigra (Haw.). 



Noctua nigra Haworth, Lejud. Brit. p. 192 (1809) (Great Britain). 



Faroult sent in 22 c? c? and 22 ? ? from October and 3 c? c? and 3 ? ? from 

 November 1913. 



148. Cloantha ochreimacula sp. nov. 



? . Antennae black-brown ; head and thorax mouse grey ; abdomen pinkish 

 cinnamon grey strongly suffused with slate grey. 



Forewing mouse grey with fine darker striae ; two obsolete brown antemedian 

 lines, a median distinct brown band enclosing claviform, beyond which is a 

 median brownish ochreons patch below which is a black streak ; an ill-defined 

 brown band from vein 2 to vein 7. 



Hindwing pinkish greyish cinnamon freckled densely with grey ; stigma and 

 snbterminal band grey, fringe pink. 



Length of forewing 19 mm. ; expanse 43 mm. 

 ?, November 1913, Victor Faroult. 



149. Xylina exoleta (Linn.). 



Phalaena exoleta Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x. p. 515 (1758) (Europe). 

 Two specimens, March and April 1913, Faroult. 



150. Dryobata furva (Esp.). 



Noctua furva Esper, Schmett., vol. iv. p. 530 pi. 158 ff. 1, 2 (1789) (Europe). 

 One specimen, October 31, 1913, Faroult. 



151. Meganephria oxyacanthae fulva subsp. nov. 



Diifers from o. oxyaca iithae and o. amatica in the ground colour being uniform 

 cinnamon fulvous and all the markings almost obliterated. 

 1 ? Guelt-es-Stel, October 7, 1912, Victor Faroult. 



152. Eumichtis lichenia (Hiibn.). 



Noctua lichenia Hiibner, Samml. Europ. Schmett., Noct. ff. 562-3 (1827) (Europe). 



Victor Faroult forwarded 50 c?<? and 9 ? ? taken in October 1912-1913. 

 The ab. tepkra Geyer preponderates over the typical form. 



153. Eumichtis accipitrina major subsp. nov. 



c? ? . Distinguished from A. accipitrina Esp. by its much larger size. 



Length of wing A. a. major, <? 21 mm. ; ? 22 mm. 



Length of wing A. accipitrina, cJ 17 mm. ; ? IS mm. 



Expanse A. accipitrina, S 40 mm. ; ? 42 mm. 



Expanse A. a. major, S 48 mm. ; ? 50 mm. 



Faroult sent in 6 cJt? and 4 ¥ ¥ captured in October and November 1913. 



154. Eumichtis monochroma (Esp.) 



Noctua monochroma Esper, Schmett. vol. iv. pi. 155 ff. 3-6 (1791) (Europe). 



I received 6 specimens of this species from Victor Faroult dated October 

 1912-1913. 



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