NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 63 
Males only were in Grote’s collection. A single female in the 
Zeller collection, from Texas, is erroneously labelled as ‘“‘ A contia 
unocula”’ of Freyer. I take the latter to be a poor figure of the 
female of TJ’. aprica. Specimens labelled as ‘‘ 7’. unocula”’ were 
also in Zeller’s series. _ 
Tarache aprica. 
$ Noctua aprica, Hiibner, Samml. Eur. Schmett. iu. fig. 371. 
2? Acontia biplaga, Guenée, Noct. 1. p. 218, n. 991. 
A. unocula, Freyer, Neuere Beitrage, vi. tab. 534, fig. 3. 
United States. Coll. B. M. 
Freyer’s figure gives the incorrect idea that his insect was a 
male, the abdomen being badly represented. Hubner, on the 
other hand, represents the male with a female abdomen. 
Tarache tetragona. 
3 2 Acontia tetragona, Walk. Lep. Het. xii. p. 786, n. 12 (1857). 
3 A. redita, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pl. eviii. fig. 80. 
St. Domingo and Honduras. Type in Coll. B. M. 
Tarache insocia. 
S$ Acontia insocia, Walker, Lep. Het. xii. p. 788, n. 18 (1857) 
3A. concinnula, Walker, l.c., p. 789, n. 19 (1857). 
2 A. pyralina, Walker, l.c., n. 20 (1857). 
Sierra Leone and Accra. Types in Coll. B. M. 
The type of A. amsocia is a much rubbed male; the type of 
A. coccinula is in fairly good condition; that of A. pyralina is 
worn. All three are, nevertheless, easily recognizable. The 
species is allied to 7’. tenuicola of the United States. 
Tarache candefacta. 
Tarache candefacta, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. Zutr. 
figs. 587, 588. 
Acontia debilis, Walker, Lep. Het. xii. p. 786, n. 11 (1857). 
United States. Coll. B. M. 
In Grote’s collection a totally dissimilar yellow species is 
labelled as ‘‘ Tarache debilis, Walk.” 
Tarache natalis. 
Acontia natalis, Guenée, Noct. u. p. 217, n. 987 (1852). 
A. formosa, Butler, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvi. 
p-. 404, n. 69 (1875). 
Natal. Col. B. M. 
This beautiful species is allied to the following. 
Tarache olivea. 
Acontia olivea, Guenée, Noct. 1. p. 217, n. 986 (1852). 
Tarache nivosa, Swinhoe, P. Z.§. 1886, p. 446, pl. 41, fig. 14. 
Mhow and Dharmsala. Coll. B. M. 
