1920] Holland, Lepidoptem of (he Congo 273 



(531) 2. Cirphis polyrabda Hampson (?) 

 Cirphis polyrabda Hampson, 1905, Cat. Lep., Phal., V, p. 507. 



There is one specimen, caught at Matadi, June 24, 1909, which 

 agrees better upon the whole with the figure and description of C. 

 polyrabda Hampson than with any other species in the Hterature of the 

 subject. I am not, however, absolutely sure of the correctness of this 

 reference. 



BoROLiA Aloore 



(532) 1. Borolia apparata (Wallengren) 



Leucania apparata Wallengrex, 1875, Of vers. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., XXXII, p. 105. 

 Borolia apparata Hampson, 1905, Cat. Lep., Phal., V, p. 557, fig. 



A solitary specimen caught at Matadi, June 24, 1909, agreeing well 

 with the figure and description given by Hampson. 



(533) 2. Borolia species (?) 



There is a single specimen taken at Boma, June 23, 1909, which 

 seems to be nearer the species named B. acrapex b}^ Hampson than 

 any other. It does not, how^ever, exactly fit either the description or 

 figure, the latter to be found on PI. xcv, fig. 3. Hampson speaks of the 

 insect as being "pinkish," but I cannot detect any trace of "pink" on 

 the specimen before me. Upon the whole, it otherwise agrees verj^ closety 

 with the figure given by Hampson, except that the "postmedian series 

 of black points" in the fore wing seem to be lacking or excessively in- 

 distinct in the specimen upon which I am reporting. 



Brithys Hiibner 



(534) 1. Brithys pancratii (Cyrillo) 

 Nodua pancratii Cyrillo, 1787, Eiit. Xeapol., PL xii, fig. 4. 



Brithys pancratii Hampson, 1905, Cat. Lep. Phal., V, p. 447 (q. v. for synonymy). 



One male example caught at Niangara, March 22, 1913. The insect 

 is common on the tropical West Coast and we have many specimens 

 from Cameroon and the French Congo, some ex larva. 



Acronyctinse 

 Prodenia Guenee 



(535) 1. Prodenia litura (Fabricius) 



Noctua litura Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Ent., p. 601. 



Prodenia litura Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lep., Phal., VIII, p. 245. 



Two specimens, one caught at Boma, June 23, 1909, the other at 

 Medje, April 6, 1910. 



