from the Ellice and Gilbert Islands. 239 



2. Hypolimnas ranch. 



Apatura ranch, Eschscholtz, in Kotzeb. Reise, p. 203, pi. 5. fig. 10 

 (1821). 



? . Tapetewea, Gilbert Islands. 



Mr. Woodford took four females of this species, but omitted 

 to capture males, under the impression that there was no differ- 

 ence in the males from various localities, and that conse- 

 quently the whole of the species of this group of Hypolimnas 

 were mere varieties of a widely distributed polymorphic type. 



HETEEO CERA. 



Spliingidae. 



3. Choerocampa erotoides. 



Gnathothlibus erotoides, Wallengren, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv. p. 43. 

 n. 44 (1860). 



<$ . Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 



The only example taken is entirely denuded of scales ; but 

 nevertheless I have not the slightest doubt of its identity with 

 this species. 



4. Cephonodes hylas. 

 Sphinx hylas, Linnaeus, Mantissa, i. p. 539 (1771). 



^ . Tapetewea. 



Three examples were obtained ; its distinctness from C. 

 Cunninghamii is rendered doubtful by the fact that both 

 forms occur together both in Australia and India. 



Lithosiidag. 



5. Deiopeia 'pulchella. 



Tinea pulchella, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. 1, ii. p. 884. n. 349. 



Nukufetau, Ellice Islands, and Tapetewea. 



The specimens are large, and the red spots on the prima- 

 ries show a stronger tendency to confluence than is usual ; 

 nevertheless we have similar specimens from other parts of 

 the world. 



Apaniiidae. 



6. Prodenia retina. 

 Neuria retina, Herrich-Schaffer, Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 292. 



• Tapetewea. 



One example has very pale markings on the primaries, 

 even more so than in the type of P. subterminalis, thus 



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