88 Colonel C. Swinhoe on new 



Patula moviola, nov. 



? . More or less similar in pattern to the common Indian 

 species P. macrops, Linn., but the antemedial line ends 

 liindwards in two conjoined rings, the lower one touching the 

 hinder -margin ; it is a smaller insect, much paler in colour, 

 without the purplis'h glow o£ patula, the brown colour having 

 a distinct o.chreous tinge ; it certainly cannot be the female 

 of P. macfarlanei, which Hampson says is also to be found 

 in Amboina, though the type came from Cape York in 

 Australia, the markings being very different. 



Expanse of wings, $ , 5jo inches. 



Hab. Amboina Isl. 



Patula oxdoasia, nov. 



cJ ? . Also very similar in pattern to P. macrops, but the 

 outer transverse sinuous lines are farther apart on the hire 

 wing and the submarginal line of the hind wing is not nearly 

 so sharply doubled ; it is a very large Patula, larger even 

 than macrops, and the colour is quite different, being paler 

 ;ind more ochreous even than moviola. The genitalia, as 

 might be expected, also differs from that of macrops ; the 

 valves of P. macrops are much broader, the penis is also 

 different, there are larger bunches of cornuti and chitinous 

 re d, and the sacculus of the valves is much more developed 

 (PI. XL figs. 26 & 27). 



Expanse of wings, $ 6nr, ? 5-n," inches. 



Hab. Alu Island, Solomons, a small island close to Short- 

 land Island. 



Two males, four females. 



Patula ipsa, nov. 



<$ ? . Very similar in pattern to macrops, but paler in 

 colour and is a smaller insect; the genitalia is also different; 

 the penis agrees somewhat with that of macrops, but the 

 valves are much narrower; the difference is shown in the 

 PI. XL fig. 25. 



Expanse of wings, d 5, ? 5-5i inches. 



Hab. Kandy, Ceylon. 



Family Noctuidae. 



Brevipecten promona } nov. 

 <$ . Palpi white beneath, dark brown above ; antennas 



