moths of the earlier genera of Noctaites. 387 



10. Mamestra thoracica. 



2 Mamestra thoracica, Walker, Lep. Het,, xv., p. 1684 



(1858). 

 ^ Hadena languida, Walker, I. c, p. 1728. 



Natal (Gueinzius). 



As I continue the arrangement of the general collection 

 of Noctuites, it is certain that numerous other synonyms 

 will be discovered. As regards tropical New World 

 forms, it is certain that I shall overlook many, from 

 lack of sufficient material ; but probably most of these 

 will be cleared up by Mr. Druce, whose series of Central 

 and South American moths is so ample that in some 

 variable genera the most astonishingly dissimilar forms 

 are clearly seen to be mere sports. 



