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Distribution. — Br. E. Africa ; Natal ; Mauritius ; Madagascar (Nossi-Be) ; Seychelles 

 (Praslin). 



7. Eriopus maillardi, Gn. 



Eriopus maillardi, Guenee in Lep. of Maillard's 'Notes sur I'lle de la Reunion/ p. 39, t. 22. f. 8 



(1863) ; Hampson, Cat. Phal. vii. p. 551 (fig.). 

 Callopistria recurvata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 144 (1882) ; Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii. p. 60, t. 151. 



f. 1 ; Hampson, Moths India, ii. p. 257. 



Chagos. — Pive specimens from Salomon Atoll only. Of these two were bred from 

 larvae found on Asplenium nidus in He de la Passe on 22 June. 



Coetivy. — Two worn examples. 



Seychelles. — Two specimens, one from Prigate Island {Connor), the other fi'om Round 

 Island {de Gaye). The Frigate Island specimen is very dark, with the usually light 

 markings inconspicuous, but does not seem separable from E. maillardi. 



Distribution — Sierra Leone ; Natal ; Bdunion ; Mauritius ; Coetivy ; Seychelles ; 

 Sokotra ; throughout India ; Ceylon ; Singapore ; Hongkong ; Java ; New Guinea ; 

 Trobriand Is. ; Piji ; Samoa. 



It is noteworthy that this species is not recorded from Madagascar, the Maldives, or 

 Christmas Island. 



8. Spodoptera mauritia, Bdv. 



Hadena mauritia, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 92, t. 13. f . 9 (1833). 



Spodoptera mauritia, Hampson, Moths Ind. ii. p. 248, f. 140; Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, 

 p. 432. 

 Seychelles. — Pive specimens : two from Frigate Island ( Connor) ; two from Mr. de 

 Gaye's collection from Mahe ; one received from Mr. de Gaye labelled " Mahe, sea-level, 

 20 March, 1906." 



Distribution. — Lagos ; N. Nigeria ; Mashonaland ; Natal ; B. E. Africa ; Beunion ; 

 Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Seychelles (Mah6, Frigate I.) ; Sokotra ; throughout India ; 

 Burma; Ceylon; Cocos-Keeling Is. ; N.Guinea; Port Darwin ; Queensland; Marquesas 

 Is. ; Hawaii. 



9. Spodoptera abyssinia, Gn. 



Spodoptera abyssinia, Guenee, Noct. i. p. 254. 



Spodoptera cilium, Hampson, Moths India, ii. p. 259. 



Caradrina orbicularis, Hampson, Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 323, t. 20. f. 26. 



Seychelles. — Three worn examples from Mr. de Gaye's collection (Mahe). 

 Distribution. — Lagos ; S. Nigeria ; Mashonaland ; E. Transvaal ; Natal ; Mauritius ; 

 Seychelles (Mah6) ; Sokotra ; throughout India ; Ceylon ; Philippiaes. 



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