synonymy of the genera of Noctuites. 687 



Guenee included both species under his P. apameoidrs ; 

 the descri|)tion was evident ly taken from an American 

 example, but he noted a specimen as belonging to the 

 East India Compan}^ which he could not believe to be 

 Indian. The specimen in question still retains Guenee's 

 label : it is a P. conducta from Java. 



3. Perigea vecors. 



Perigea vecors, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 230, n. 371 (1852). 

 Apamca remissa, Walker, Lep. Het., xi,, p. 729 (1857). 

 Mamestra demittens, Walker, I. c, xv., p. 1684 (1858). 



North and South America. Coll. B. M. 



Guenee's type is a damaged headless specimen. This 

 species is also identical with P. luxa, Grote. 



4. Perigea punctifera. 



Celcena punctifera, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 263, n. 8 



(1856). 

 2 , C. semifusca (as <? ), Walker, /. c, xi., p. 732 (1857). 



United States, St. Domingo, and Jamaica. Coll. 

 B. M. 



5. Perigea concisa. 



Laphygma concisa, Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 191, 



n. 10 (1856). 

 Perigea imbella, Walker, I.e., xv., p. 1692 (1858). 



St. Domingo. Coll. B. M. 



6. Perigea dolorosa. 



Mamestra dolorosa, Walker, Lep. Het., Suppl., 2, p. 667 



(1865). 

 Hadena taprohance, Felder, Keise der Nov. Lep., 4, 



pi. ex., fig. 3. 



Ceylon and Figi. Coll. B. M. 



Felder's figure is much under-coloured : the primaries 

 are very black, and the external border of the secondaries 

 dark. The species approaches P. alhomaculata, Moore, 

 being intermediate between it and P. conducta. 



