334 NoVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 19U. 



180. Bryophila pseudoperla sp. nov. 



? . Antennae whitish brown ; head gre)'ish white ; thorax greyish white 

 densely freckled with brown-grey ; greyish white freckled less densely. Forewing 

 greyish white densely freckled with rusty grey ; a number of scattered zigzag 

 lines and streaks black ; a large grey antemedian patch inside which is the 

 orbicular of some colour ; friuge greyish white, chequered and freckled with black. 

 Hindwing mouse grey, fringe white. 



Length of forewing 11 mm. ; expanse 25 mm. 



1 ?, August 20, 1913, Victor Faroult. 



181. Hypeuthina numida (Oberth.) 



Hiipeuthjiui immiila Oberthiir Etiid. Enhmi. Fasc. xiii. p. 27. pi. G f. 41 (1890) (Magenta). 



I have received of this fine species 92 c?c? and 10 ¥ ? taken in October 1912- 

 1913, and 8 (J c? and o ? ? taken in November 1913, forwarded by Faroult. I do 

 not think the i has been recorded before ; it is a highly variable species. 



182. Laphygma exigua (Htibn.) 



Noctua exigua Hiibner, Samml. Eiirop. Schmett. Noct. f. 362 (1808) (Europe). 



This species has an enormous range, from France on the west to the Sandwich 

 Islands on the east, and from Great Britain in the north to Cape Colony in the south. 



Faroult sent 02 specimens from every month from April to November 1912 

 and 1913. About half are the ab. pygmaea Rambur. 



183. Rabinopteryx subtilis (Mab.) 



Epimec'mmhViUs Mabille, Bull. Soc. Entom. France 1888 p. 51 (Gabes, Tunis). 



I received 113 specimens of this species taken by Faroult iu March, April, and 

 May 1913. 



184. Stilbia algirica Culot. 

 StUbia algirica Culot, Noct. et Giom. Europ. pi. 45 f. 18 (1914) (Algeria). 



Monsieur Culot published this species a fortnight earlier than Herr Sterz, who 

 described it under the name of Stilbia nisseni. 



Faroult sent 39 specimens from October 1912. 



185. Athetis ambigua (Schiff.). 



Noctua ambigua SchifBermilller, Syat. Vei-z. Srhmett. Wieii. p. 77 (1776) (Vienna). 

 14 specimens, May and October 1913, Faroult. 



186. Athetis flava (Oberth.) 



Caradrinaflava Oberthiir, Etiul Entom. Fuse. i. p. 45. pi. 4. f. 3 (1876) (Province Orau). 



24 specimens were taken by ourselves in April 1912, and I received from 

 Victor Faroult 9 others taken in March, April, and May 1913. 



187. Athetis approximans sp. nov. 



S ?. This species is very close to /am, bat is much smaller and much more 

 clouded ou outer portion of forewing. One of the most striking differences is that 



