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Parquhar I. — One male taken on 30 September. This moth was noted as fairly common 

 here in damp grassy places. 



Distribution. — Old Calabar ; Congo ; Aden ; Nyasaland ; Natal ; Reunion ; Mauritius ; 

 Madao-ascar ; Farquhar 1. ; Mayotta ; throughout India ; Assam ; Burma ; Ceylon ; 

 Andamans ; Nicobars ; Singapore ; Java ; Cocos-Keeling ; Chagos ; Thursday I. ; New 

 Guinea ; Celebes ; Borneo ; Queensland ; Fiji ; Tahiti ; Carolines ; Gilbert Is. ; Marshall 

 Is. ; Ellice Is. 



25. Hemiffia nndata, 'Eh. 



Noctua undata, Fab., Syst. Ent. vi. p. 600. 



Nodua archesia, Cram., Pap. Exot. iii. t. 273. ff. P, G. 



Ophiusa mayeri, Boisd., Pauii. Mad. Maur. p. 104. 



Remigia mayeri, Guenee, Maill. Reun., Lep. p. 53 ; Joaniiis, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1894, p. 433. 



Remiffia archesia, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii. t. 172. fF. 3, 3 a (larva); Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 472, 



ff. 219 c?, 152 ¥ ; Hampson, Motlis Lid. ii. p. 526 (fig.); Pag., Lep.-Het. Madag. p. 119. 

 Cauninda archesia, Semper, Schmett. Philipp. ii. t. T. f. 1 (larva). 

 Remigia undata, Hampson, A. M. N. H. (8) i. pp. 476, 485 (1908). 



Seychelles. — Thirty-five specimens from Mahe, St. Anne, and Praslin. The species is 

 very variable throughout its range both in ground-colour and markings, but the varieties 

 do not appear to fall into any geographical races. 



Distribution. — W., C, S., and E. Africa ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Comoro Is. 

 (Mayotta) ; Seychelles (Mahe, St. Anne, Praslin, Eelicite) ; throughout India ; Burma ; 

 Assam ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; Nicobars ; Selangor ; Singapore ; Java ; Nias ; throughout 

 China ; Hainan ; Japan ; Formosa ; Philippines ; Solomon Is. ; Navigators' Is. ; New 

 Guinea; Marquesas; Tahiti; Tonga. 



26. Grammodes geometrica, Fb. 



Noctua geometrica, Fab., Syst. Ent. p. 599. 



Pkalana ammonia. Cram., Pap. Exot. iii. t. 250. f. D, 



Grammodes geometrica, Hampson, Moths lud. ii. p. 531, f. 296; Pag., Lep.-Het. Madag. p. 120 



(1907). 

 Grammodes hifasciata, Joannis, Ann. Soc. Eut. Fr. 1894, p. 433. 



Earquhar I. — One specimen bred on 28 October, 1905, from a pupa found under 

 a log in North Island on the 1st of the month. This pupa was lying on the ground, 

 without any web. 



Seychelles. — Two specimens : one from Praslin in Novemher 1905 ; the other from 

 St. Anne 1. on 29 December, 1906 [de Gaye). 



Distribution. — S. Europe ; throughout Africa ; Madagascar ; Comoros ; Earquhar I. ; 

 Seychelles (Mahe, St. Anne, Praslin, La Digue) ; throughout India ; Burma; Ceylon ; 

 W. China; Formosa; Singapore; Pulo Laut ; Java; Queensland. 



27. Grammodes stolida, Fb. 

 Noctua stolida, Fab., Syst. Ent. p. 599. 



Grammodes stolida, Hampson, Moths Ind. ii. p. 532; Holland, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1895, p. 271; 

 Pag,, Lep.-Het. Madag. p. 121 (1907). 



