270 LEPIDOFTERA FROM EAST AFRICAN ISLANDS— HOLLAND, vol.xviii. 



Family HP:SPERIID^. 



Genus GEGENES, Hlibiier. 

 GEGENES GEMELLA (Mabille). 

 PatuphUa (/emeUa, Mabille, C. R. Soc. Eut. Belg., XXVIII, p. clxxxviii. 

 The collection contains eight specimens: one from Alphonse Island, 

 four from Platte [sland, and three from Mahe. 



GEGENES POUTIERI (Boisduval). 

 Heaperia poutieri, Boisduval, Fauue Ent. Madgr., p. 65. 

 The collection contains one most wretched specimen, from Mahi?. 

 There is just enough of the creature upon the pin to make the identi- 

 fication certain. 



Suborder HETEROCERA. 



Family LITHOSIID.E. 



Genus UTETHEISA, Hlibnei^ 



UTETHEISA PULCHELLA (Linnaeus). 



Tinea piilchella, Lixn.eus, Syst. Nat., I, p. 534. No. 238 (1758). 



There are fourteen si)ecimens in the collection, distributed as follows: 



Mahe, 2; Gloriosa, 1; Poivre Island (Amirante Group), 3; Aldabra, 4j 



Platte Island, 4. 



Family SPHINGID.E. 



Genus CEPHENODES, Hubner. 

 CEPHENODES HYLAS (Linnaeus). 

 Sphinx hylas, Lixx.eus, Maiit. Plaut., p. 539 (1771). 

 There is one specimen from Mahe. 



Genus PHLEGETHONTIUS, Hubner. 

 PHLEGETHONTIUS CONVOLVULI i Linnaeus). 

 Sphinx convolviili, LiNN.EUS, Syst. Nat., I, p. 490, No. 6 (1758). 



One very poor specimen from Mahe. 



Genus ACHERONTIA, Ochsenheimer. 

 ACHERONTIA ATROPOS (Linnaeus). 

 Sphinx atropos, Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., I, p. 490, No. 8 (1758). 

 Two specimens from Mahe. 



Group NOCTURE. 



Family LEUCANIID.E. 



Genus PRODENIA, Guenee. 

 PRODENIA LITTORALIS (Boisduval). 

 Hadena littoralis, Boisdi'Val, Fauue Eut. Madgr., p. 91, pi. xiii, fig. 8 (1833). 

 One rubbed specimen from Mahe which I think, from what remains 

 of the insect, is correctly referable to this widely distributed species. 



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