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NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 



By Arthur G. Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., &c. 



(Continued from vol. xxvi. p. 355). 



Blosyris tuydipennis. 

 Blosyris turd'ipennis, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 138, n. 1519 (1852). 

 B. luscinuepcnms, Guenee, I.e., p. 139, n. 1520 (1852). 

 Latehraria cinctilinea, Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1283, n. 4 



(1857). 

 Hijpcrnaria patida, Walker, I.e., Suppl. 3, p 1085 (18G5). 

 Bogota, Ega, Espiritu Sancto. In Coll. B. M. 



Blosyris lielima. 

 Phalcena helima, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 43, pi. cccix. fig. d 



(1782). 

 Var. Erebus renins, Poey, Cent. Lep. Caba, pi. 7 (1832). 

 Brujas posterior. Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1252, n. 5 (1857). 

 Letis intracta, Walker, /. e., p. 12G6, n. 8 (1857). 

 Amazons. Var. St. Domingo and Jamaica. In Coll. B. M. 



Peosina, Giien. 

 Peosina mcxieana. 

 $ Peosina mexieana, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 132, n. 1508, pi. 19, 



fig. 2 (1852). 

 ? Peosina saandersii, Gaenee, /. e., p. 133, n. 1509 (1852). 

 St. Domingo. In Coll. B. M. 



Under this species Walker placed P. numeria, and under the 

 latter something entirely different, which fact explains his 

 observation under jP. numeria. The latter comes both from 

 Jamaica and St. Domingo, as well as Honduras. It may, I 

 think, be only a form of the above species ; but without 

 transitional forms I prefer to keep it distinct. 



Peosina leontia. 

 Phalcena leontia, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot. v. p. 155, 



pi. 34, fig. 6 (1791). 

 Melanehroia? leontia, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. p. 389, n. 6 (.1854). 

 Peosina trifinis, Walker, I.e., xiv. p. 1246, n. 10 (1857). 

 Trinidad and Brazil. In Coll. B. M. 



The species identified by Walker as P. isone, I believe to be 

 P. oclirolinea. The true P. isone is in the museum collection 

 from Sao Paulo. 



AcH/EA, Hiibn. 

 Section Ophisma, Guen.* 



* M. Guenee says of Achaa (which he places after his genus Ophisma) ; 

 " Ce genre est hien naturel et facilement reconnaissable sans que j'insiste 

 sur ses caracteres." Unfortunately, this is exactly what every scientific 

 worker must do. Genera, founded on pattern, make pretty groups ; but 

 structure distinguishes true genera. 



