382 Mr. A. G. Butler's synoni/mic notes on the 



Graphiphora, Ochs. 



This genus, of which G. augur is type, must be 

 restricted to a small group of broad- winged species ; it 

 will include G. sicrrce, augur, harusjnca, and major. 

 G. haruspica, though very closely allied to G. augur, 

 differs in being constantly much darker and usually 

 larger. 



Amathes, Hiihn. (Noctua, auct.). 

 The type of this genus is A. haja ; Spcelotis, Boisd., 

 may have to be sunk as a synonym of it. 



Abiathes, Hiihn. 



1. Amathes phyllophora, Grote. 



Agrotis phyllophora, variata, rarix, and alternata are 

 all colour variations of one species ; under ^. phyllophora 

 there are specimens indistinguishable, even in colour, 

 from others labelled "A. alternata'' by Grote, whilst all 

 intermediate gradations exist between the reddest A. 

 phyllophora and the blackest A. alternata. 



2. Amathes jucunda, Walk. 



Graphiphora jucunda. Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 399, 

 n. 27 (1856). 



This is the Agrotis conflua of Grote's collection, but 

 not of Europe. 



3. Amathes comma. 



Mamestra comma. Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 239, n. 40 



(1856). 

 Graphiphora implcxa, Walker, I. c, x., p. 405, n. 42 



(1856). 

 Jladcna plusiata. Walker, I. c, Suppl., 3, p. 742 (1865). 

 Xylina collaris. Walker, I. c, p. 752. 

 Nitocris hicomma, Guenee, Ent. Month. Mag., v., p. 4 



(1868). 



A common New Zealand form, the sexes of which are 

 very dissimilar. 



4. Amathes atra. 



$ Agrotis atra, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 272, n. 438 (1852). 

 ^ A. hydrcscioides, Guenee, /. r. 



