synonymy of the fienera of Noctuites. 



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have a washed-out, faded appearance ; the primaries 

 pale testaceous, with indistinct markings ; the second- 

 aries greyish white, with dusky veins and borders. 



I have not the least doubt that the whole of the above 

 forms are mere variations of one widely-distributed 

 species ; at the same time it is doubtful whether the 

 whole of the forms occur together, as, in a long series, 

 Mr. Edmonds only had the two varieties, L. trifolii and 

 saccharirora, whilst the typical form, received subse- 

 quently from Talcahuano, is only like a duller, darker 

 specimen of the latter variety : most of the varieties 

 occur in N. Western India, but I have not seen typical 

 L. itnvpuncta, var. antica, or var. convecta from there. 



Hyphilare, Hilhn. 



This is the Mytliimna of Walker, slightly modified : it 

 will include H. albijnincta, lithargy ria , o'udis, albicosta, 

 Jraterna, rujipennis, placida, pseudargyria, singularis, 

 Jormosana, turca, grandis and divergens, and perhaps 

 obnsta. 



1. Hyphilare pseudargyria. 



Leucania pseudargyria, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 74, n. 94 

 (1852). 



United States. 



The type of this species agrees exactly with the var. 

 callida of Grote : in the Grote collection this form is 

 labelled "var. obnsta, Guen.," but the type of "Leucania 

 obnsta " is a very distinct species, having densely ciliated 

 antenna, and darker by far in colouring even than the 

 European H. turca. I very much doubt whether it can 

 be placed in the same genus. 



Sesamia, Guenee. 

 1. Sesamia incerta. 

 Leucania incerta. Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 103, n. 58 



(1856). 

 Nonagria intestata, Walker, /. c, p. 130, n. 23 (1856). 

 South Africa {Sir A. Smith). Coll. B. M. 



2. Sesamia abdominaUs. 

 Nonagria, abdominaUs, Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 131, 



n. 24 (1856). 

 Mythimna robusta, Walker, I.e., xi., p. 710 (1857). 

 Au.stialia. Coll. B. M. 



