376 Mr. A. G. Butler's synonymic notes on the 



Synonyms to Agkotis. 



1. Ayr Otis seyetis, Gmel. 



Ayrotis maryinalis, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 339, 



n. 77 (1856). 

 A. ohliviosa, Walker, Z. c, p. 340, n. 78. 

 A. dividens, Walker, I. c, p. 342, n. 86. 

 A. aversa, Walker, I. c, p. 345, n. 92. 

 A. correcta, Walker, I. c, n. 93. 

 A. repulsa, Walker, Suppl., 2, p. 696 (1865). 

 A. conspurcata, Walker, Lc. 

 A. certificata, Walker, I. c, p. 697. 



Of the above synonyms, A. maryinalis, ohliviosa, and 

 dividens are from South Africa; A. aversa, correcta, and 

 repidsa from India ; A. conspurcata from Ceylon ; and 

 A. certificata from Shanghai. Mr. Walker has selected 

 chiefly the dark female specimens of the species for 

 description ; A. dividens, however, is a dwarfed pale 

 female with pinched-in abdomen and male colouring ; it 

 is described as a male. 



2. Ayrotis hiconica. 



Ayrotis hiconica, Kollar in Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv., 



p. 480 (1842—44). 

 A. exigua, Kollar, I. c, p. 481. 



A. spiculifera, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 266, n. 425 (1852). 

 A. aristifera, Guenee, I.e., n. 426. 



A common and widely distributed Indian form, inter- 

 mediate between A. seyetis and A. munda. A. exiyua is 

 a name given to a starved specimen. 



3. Ayrotis munda. 



Ayrotis munda, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 348, n. 99 



(1856). 

 A. hasinotata. Walker, I. c, xv., p. 1686 (1858). 

 A. aneituma, Walker, Suppl., 2, p. 701 (1865). 

 A. turhidenta, Walker, I. c, 2, p. 703. 

 A. injuncta, Walker, I.e. 



A common Australian species, easily distinguished 

 from A. seyetis and hiconica by the blackish apical patch 

 on under surface of secondaries. 



