14 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Acontia transversa. 
Xanthodes transversa, Guenée, Noct. ii. p. 211, n. 978 (1852). 
X. intersepta, Walker (not Guenée), Lep. Het. xii. p. 778, 
maw (U857). 
X. migrator, Walker, l.c., p. 779, n. 6 (1857). 
Asia and Australasia. Type in Coll. B. M. 
Walker carelessly transposed the two species, A. transversa 
and A. intersepta in his Catalogue. Had he examined the type 
specimens he might easily have discovered this blunder. 
Acontia graellsit. 
Acontia graelisiti, Feisthamel, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vi. 
p- 800, pl. 12, fig. 3 (1837). 
3 Xanthodes innocens, Walker, Lep. Het. xv. p. 1752 (1858). 
3 @ X. fimbriata, Walker, l.c., Suppl. 8, p. 777 (1865). 
Europe, Asia, and Africa. Coll. B. M. 
Acontia amata. 
Xanthodes amata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 3, p. 778 (1865). 
X. adunca, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. cviil. fig. 39. 
Australia. Coll. B. M. 
TaracHe, Hiibn. 
Mr. Moore has pointed out that 7’. solaris = lucida, Hufn., 
is the type of this genus. 
Tarache lucida. 
Noctua lucida, Hufnagel, Berl. Mon. ii. p. 302, n. 424 (1767). 
N. solaris, Schiffermuller, Wein. Verz. p. 90; Esper, Eur. 
Schmett. iv. pl. 88, fig. 2 (1786). 
@ Acontia triradiata, Walker, Lep. Het. xii. p. 791, n. 383 
(1857). 
Var. Noctua albicollis, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. il. p. 218, n. 48. 
Furope and Asia. Coll. B. M. 
The females of the variety 7’. albicollis resemble the males of 
the typical form. Most of the species of this genus differ con- 
siderably in the sexes, so that many synonyms have necessarily 
been made. 
Tarache caffraria. 
3d Phalena caffraria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. 1. p. 82, pl. cxlvi. 
ELT) 
Noctua caloris, Hubner, Samml. Eur. Schmett. 11. fig. 372. 
@ Acontia komaga, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. eviii. 
fie. 33. 
South Africa. Coll. B. M. 
(To be continued). 
