﻿37G NOCTUES. 



Family OPIIIDERID^E. 



Genus Argadesa. 



2471 Argadesa materna. 



Phalcena (Noctua) materna, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii,p. 84.0, 117, (1767). ' 



. ■ Drnry, Ins. ii, p. 24, pi. 13, fig. 4, (1773). 



Cram., Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 174, fig. B, (1777), & 



iii, pi. 267, fig. E, (1780). 

 Noctua materna, Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii, p. 212, No. 16, (1781). 



Mant. Ins. ii, 137, No. 20, (1787). 



Ent. Syst. iii, 2, p. 16, No. 27, (1794). 



Noctua hybrida, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 593, No. 11, (1775). 



Rhytia materna, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 264, No. 2594, (1816). 

 Triphcea materna, Westw., Nat. Libr. Exot. Moths, 201, pi. 25, fig. 2*. 



Ed. Drury, ii, 26, pi. 63, fig. 4*. 



Ophideres materna, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Lep., p. 100,2*. 



Gudn., Noct. iii, p. 113, 1480*. 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii, p. 1221, (1857). 



■ Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 68. 



Argadesa materna, Moore, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 74, pi. 12, 



figs. 4, 4a, b, c, d, and pl.xiv, figs. 3 & 3a. 



Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 133, pi. 161, fig. 2, (1885). 



■ Swinboe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 463 ; and 



1886, p. 450. 

 I. M., Barakur. No locality (Karachi Museum). 

 Collection Swinhoe, Solun, Belgaum, Satara, Mhow, Poona, 



Bombay, Karachi. 

 Also recorded from Calcutta, Lucknow, Allahabad, Canara, 

 Madras, Ceylon, Java. 



Genus Othreis. 

 24-75. Othreis ancilla. 



Phalcena (Noctua) ancilla, Cram., Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 149, fig. F, (1777). 

 Ophiusa strigata, Donov., Ins.. Ind., pi. 54, Fig. 2, (1838). 

 Othreis homcena, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 264, No. 2597, (1816). 

 Ophideres ancilla, Gue'n., Noct., p. iii, 114, 1482,?*. 



. Walker, Cat. Lep. Het, B. M. xiii, p. 1224, (1857). 



Ophideres bilineosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., p. xiii, 1227, (1857). 

 Othreis ancilla, Moore, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 67, pi. 12, figs. 2 

 & 2a, pi. 13, figs. 3, 3a. 

 Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 132, pi. 161, figs. 3, 3a, b, (1885). 



Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 463. 



I. M., Ceylon (Mackwood), Sikkim (purchased), Sylhet, Bom- 

 bay (Swinhoe). 



Collection Swinhoe, Nilgiri Hills, Satara, Bombay, Poona, 

 Ceylon. 



Also recorded from Allahabad, Canara. 



2476. Othreis cajeta. 



Phalcena (Noctua)cajeta, Cram., Pap. Exot. i, pi. 30, figs. A, B, C (1775), 



(nee Walker). 

 Corycia cajeta, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 205, No. 2599, (1816). 

 Ophideres, cajeta, Guen., Noct, iii, p. 112, 1478, $ & $*. 



■ Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiii, 1223, (1857). 



Moore, Proc Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 68. 



