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NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 

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



(Continued from p. 241.) 



Panula, Guen. 

 Panula inconstans. 



Panula inconstans, Guenee, Noct. 3, p. 59, n. 1892 (1852). 



Ophiiisa 7iarrans, Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1828 (1858), 



Atliymra tetmgona, Walker, I.e., Suppl. 3, p. 965 (1865). 



St. Domingo, Honduras, and Jamaica. In B. M. 



This moth is nearly allied to Melipotis, and varies even more 

 than the species of that genus. In spite of Guenee' s locality, I 

 doubt its occurrence in North America ; any way, the example 

 labelled "Panula incojistans" in Grote's collection was Melipotis 

 ccllaris. Walker's 0. narrans is typical P. ineonstans, and of the 

 same sex as Guenee's type. In view of the variability of this 

 genus, I do not, for a moment, believe in the specific distinctness 

 of the named forms of the allied genus Synedoida. Nevertheless, 

 until proved to be mere sports of one variable species, I retain 

 them under their distinctive names. 



Homoptera vilis, Walk., appears to be a Euholina. 



Elousa, Walk. 



Masehia, Walk. 



Elousa alhieans. 

 ? Elousa alhieans, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1119, n. 1 (1857). 

 <y Erastria includens, Walker, I. c., xv. p. 1761 (1858). 

 (? Masehia fameliea, Walker, I.e., xv. p. 1772, n. 1 (1858). 

 St. Domingo. In Coll. B. M. 

 In my opinion, Homcea, Guen., is best placed here. 



Pantydia, Guen. 



Pantydia sparsa. 

 Pantydia sparsa, Guenee, Noct. 2, p. 437, n. 1308 (1852). 

 P. reeondita, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1039, n. 3 (1857). 

 Toxoeampa orthosiodes. Walker, I.e., Suppl. 3, p. 873 (1865). 

 Australia generally. In Coll. B. M. 



Pantydia metaspila. 

 Toxoeampa 7Metospi/a, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1032, n. 12 (18571. 

 Ophiusa pallidilinea, Walker, I.e., xv. p. 1832 (1858). 

 Toxoeampa moolla, Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1885, p. 459, pi. xxvii., 



fig. 10. 

 Hypcetra sordida, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1886, p. 414. 

 Ceylon, Poona, Java, Fiji. In Coll. B. M. 

 My determination of the genus of this species was nearer to 

 the mark than either Ophiusa or Toxoeampa ; the latter is, of 



