544 ME. H, N. RIDLEY ON THE 



34. Heltothis aemiger (Hiibn.). 

 Noctua armigera, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 370. 

 A cosmopolitan siiecies. 



A sino-le specimen was caught flying in tlie daytime on East 

 Hills. 



85. Axo^ris (?) nisPAnxiTA. Walk. 



Anoniis(?) (lisi)a)tita, IVolk. Cat. Lpji. Hel. xiii. ji. 990, n. 8 (185/). 



Described by Walker from Jamaica and St. Domingo ; tlie 

 specimens from Fernando Noronlia most nearly resemble that 

 obtained in the former locality. 



Taken on the wing at night. Main Island. 



36. Anthophtla elammtcincta, Walk. 



Anthophila flammicincta. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xxxii. p. 801 (1865). 

 The tj'pes are from St. Domingo. 



37. BOLIKA BITITTATA, Walk. 



Bolina bivittata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1156, n. 23 (185/). 



A common species. The specimens iu the British Museum 

 are from Honduras, Venezuela, St. Domingo, and Jamaica. The 

 single specimen from Fernando Noronha has a narrower band 

 than any of the others ; but it would require a series to show 

 whether this character is constant in the locality, or a mere 

 individual variation. 



38. Thermesia gemmatalis (Hvbn.). 



Antisarsia gemmatahs, Hiilm. Ziitr. e.r. Schmett, i. p. 26, n. 77, ff. 15.3, 



154 (1818). 



Common among the wild beans on Main and Eat Islands 

 (August 17-25). 



39. Nemokia denticularia. Walk. 



Neraoria (?) denticularia, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xxii. p. 536, n. 20 (1861). 



The locality of the type specimen is unknown ; but it is pro- 

 bably a wide-ranging species, as there are specimens in the 

 British Museum from Corrientes and Goya. 



40. Acid ALIA Fara, n. sp. 

 Exp. al. 16 millim. 



Male. Grrej, thickly dusted with brown, the first line com- 

 mencing at about one third of the length of the wing with a dark 

 shade curving to a conspicuous black spot, thence curving sharply 

 inwardly till it terminates in a more conspicuous dark acute 

 angle projecting outwardly just above the inner margin; it is not 



