NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 49 



Naxia iUihata. 

 Noctua illihata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 16, n. 25 (1794). 

 Hemerohlemma 'peropaca, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Scbmett. 



Zutr. figs. 541, 542. 

 Ophisma hetabilis, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 241, n. 1657 (1852), 

 Hong Kong, Moulmein, Ceylon, Silhet. In Coll. B. M. 

 Fabricius' type is in the Banksian collection. 



Naxia lageos. 

 Naxia lageos, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 256, n. 1680 (1852). 

 Ophiusa umhrosa, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 3, p. 968 (1865). 

 0. obumhrata, Walker, I. c, p. 969 (1865). 

 Java, Shanghai, South India, Nilgiris. Type in Coll. B. M. 



AcH^A, Guen. (typical). 

 Achcea lienardi. 

 Ophiusa lienardi, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 102, 



pi. 15, fig. 5. 

 Achcea chamceleon, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 249, n. 1671 (1852). 

 Vars. cerhera and zahulon, Guenee, I. c., p. 250 (1852). 

 Achcea spectatura, Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1393, n. 6 (1857). 

 A. ophismoides, Walker, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 1869, 



p. 867, n. 45. 

 A. partita. Walker, I.e., p. 358, n. 46. 

 Africa generally. In Coll. B. M. 



A very variable species as regards the upper surface of the 

 primaries. 



Achcea melicerte. 

 Phalcena melicerte, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. i. p. 46, pi. 23, fig. 1. 

 Achcea catilla, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 247, n. 1667. 

 Asia, Africa, Australasia. In Coll. B. M. 

 We have an immense series of this moth. It is quite useless 

 to attempt to recognize more than one species under its 

 numerous slight variations. It has been described by Fereday 

 from New Zealand as a Catocala; but I have lost the reference 

 to his description and woodcut. 



Achcea mercatoria. 

 Phalcena mercatoria, Gmelin, ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2544 (1788) 

 Achcsa accelerans, Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1401, n. 23 (1857) 

 Java, Ceylon, India. In Coll. B. M. 



(To be continued.) 



ENTOM. — FEB., 1894. 



