90 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
MELANIPPE PROCELLATA. 
Except that the ground colour is sometimes slightly tinged 
with greyish brown, and that the fine wavy dark transverse lines 
are subject to modification in the direction of evanescence on the 
one hand, and great prominence on the other, there is no varia- 
tion that I am aware of in British procellata. 
Japanese specimens are usually much suffused with greyish 
or brownish; some examples are uniform fuliginous-brown, 
whilst others are quite of the typical English form. Mr. Leech 
has a German specimen in his collection which is very like the 
common Japanese form. 
MELANIPPE UNANGULATA. 
Appears to be a fairly constant species. The central fascia 
varies a little in width, and also in the angulation of its outer 
edge; the outer edge of the white band following the fascia is 
not always clearly defined. 
This species may be distinguished from either M. rivata or 
M. sociata, its closest allies, by the more silky texture of the 
wings, and by the more angulated external outline of the central 
fascia. The hind wings are whiter, and the white line which 
intersects the brownish grey outer marginal area is much more 
Wavy. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 
By Artuur G. Burier, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 
(Continued from p. 65.) 
Baaapa, Walk. 
Bagada plumbata. 
Acontia plumbata, Butler, Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. vii. p. 61, 
pl. exxix. fig. 4 (1889). 
Marimatha freda, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 147, 
He 2 
Dharmsala and Nilgiris. Types in Coll. B. M. 
Bagada spicea. 
Perigea spicea, Guenée, Noct. 1. p. 226, n. 358 (1856). 
Acontia firina, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 455, 
pl. Ai, te. %D: 
Java, Bombay, Poona, Nilgiris. Types in Coll. B. M. 
It is an unusual occurrence for M. Guenée to be so wide of 
the mark as in the present instance, and it is not surprising 
