68 Transactions. 



* Leucania unipuncta, Hw. 



7 specimens. North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New 

 'Zealand. Larva on grasses. 



Tiracola plagiata, Walk. 



5 specimens. Central America, India, Malay Islands, Australia, Pacific 

 islands. Larva on Emilia. 



* Heliothis armigera, Hb. 



5 specimens. North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Aus- 

 tralia, Pacific islands. New Zealand. Larva on many vegetables and other 

 plants. 



* Agrotis ypsilon, Rott. 



2 specimens. North and South America. Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, 

 New Zealand. Larva on many plants. 



Caradrina reclusa, Walk. 



11 specimens. India, Malay Islands, New Guinea, Fiji. 



Spodoptera littoralis, Boisd. 



18 specimens. Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific islands. 

 Xarva on Lantana. 



Eriopus Maillardi, Gn. 



8 specimens. Africa, southern Asia, New Guinea, Pacific islands. 



Perigea capensis, Gn. 



14 specimens. Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific islands. Larva on 

 Acanthaceo'. 



Plusiad.e. 

 Hydrillodes surata, n. sp. 



<? 5 . 33-34 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax in J dark fuscous, in ? 

 ochreous-fuscous ; palpi in j rectangularly bent at both joints, very densely 

 clothed with rather rough scales throughout except tip of terminal joint, 

 especially largely towards apex of second joint, which much exceeds crown, 

 terminal joint as long as second, in ? recurved, sickle-shaped, first two 

 joints densely scaled, terminal joint |- of second, with appressed scales, 

 posteriorly with loosely projecting hairs throughout, apex pointed. Anterior 

 legs in ^ with hairs of coxse forming a strong apical brush, femora short, 

 unevenly swollen, beneath with dense rough projecting hairs longest at 

 iipex, tibiae swollen, beneath with dense rough projecting hairs throughout, 

 middle and posterior femora in ^ beneath with rough projecting hairs 

 diminishing to apex. Forewings elongate-triangular, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, slightly waved, somewhat oblique ; dark fuscous, in ? suffused 

 with light brownish-ochreous from base to second line ; first and second 

 lines in ^ hardly paler, in ? pale ochreous, edged with dark fuscous, 

 slightly waved, first almost straight, second little beyond middle, curved on 

 upper I ; a dark-fuscous transverse-linear discal mark between them ; sub- 

 terminal line represented by an irregular series of whitish-ochreous dots 

 connected by dark suft'usion ; cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings light 

 iuscous, with faint darker postmedian shade ; cilia whitish-fuscous. 



