56 HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD ON LEPIDOPTERA 



Catocalinae 



The collection contains 8 species of this subfamily, of which 1 subspecies appears to 

 be undescribed. 



288. Chalciope cephise (Cram.) 

 Noctua cephise Cramer, Pap. Exot., iii., pi. 227, fig. 9 (1779) (lud. or.). 

 1 $ Base Camp, March 1913. 



289. Megistaclysma ribbei (Pag.) 



Nyctipao ribbei Pagenstecher, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Nat., sxxix. p. 140, No. 77, pi. 10, fig. 2 (1886) (Aru). 

 1 9 Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



290. Hypaetra macrostidsa Hmpsn. 



Hypaetra macrostidsa Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M., xiii., p. 58, pi. 223, fig. 4 (191.3) (New C4uinea). 



3 ^6^ 1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912— March 1913. 



291. MOCIS TRIFASCIATA (Steph.) 

 CatepMa trijasciata Stephens, Illustr. Brit. Ent. Haust., iii. p. 128 (1829) (Eiiglaiul). 



3 ?? Base Camp, Jan.— March 1913. 



292. Phyllodes conspicillator pura subsp. nov. 



?. Differs from c. conspicillator in the darker fore wings, less prominent discocellular 

 reniform stigma, which is reduced to an irregular patch with a white central dot, and on 

 the forewings the serpentine line across veins 2, 3 and 4 up to 5 is broader and more 

 ill-defined. Hindwings are much blacker and the white and red patches are brighter 

 and purer. 



1 ? Base Camp, Nov. 1912. 



293. Anua hituensis (Pag.) 



Ophisma hituense Pagenstecher, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Nat., xxxvii. p. 235, pi. 7, fig. 2 (1884) (Amboina). 



1 <? Base Camp, March 1913. 



294. Parallelia arcuata (Moore) 

 Ophiusa arcuata Moore, P.Z.S., p. 609 (1877) (Andamans). 



2 cJcJ 1 ? Base Camp, Jan. 1913. 



295. Parallelia palumba (Guen.) 



Hulodes palumba Guenee, Hist. Nat. Ins., vol, vii., Noot. iii. p. 211. No. 1613 (1852) (Java). 

 1 s Canoe Camp, Dec. 1912. 



