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Coetivy. — One specimen, 10 September, 1905. Found in dry grassy places, but not 

 common. 



Distribution. — Dalmatia ; Greece; Syria; Sierra Leone ; Congo; Abyssinia; Aden; 

 Kilimanjaro ; Uganda ; B. E. Africa ; Natal ; Basutoland ; Cape Colony ; Madagascar ; 

 Coetivy ; Seychelles (Platte I.) ; India (Karachi to Madras) ; Lower Burma. 



28. Grammodes delta, Bdv. 



Ophiitsa delta, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maiir. p. 105, t. 13. f. 1 (1833). 



Grammodes delta, Giienoe, Maill. Reun., Lep. p. 53 (18G3) ; Pag., Lep.-Het. Madag. p. 121 (1907); 

 Hampson, A. M. N. H. (8) i. (1908) p. 483. 



D'Arros. — A single specimen taken on 13 October, 1905, amongst dry grass under 

 coco-palms. 



Listribution. — Transvaal ; Mashonaland ; N'Gami Land ; B. E. Africa (Taveta, Tanga) ; 

 Zanzibar ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Aldabi-a ; D'Arros I. (Amirantes). 



29. Chalciope hyppasia. Cram. 



Noctua fii/ppasin, Cram., Pap. Exot. ii. t. 250. f. E. 



Ophiusa anfiac/wosa, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 104, t. 15. f. 6. 



Trigonodes hyppasia, Hampson, Motlis Ind. ii. p. 527 ; Joaunis, Ann. S. E. France, 1891, p. 433 ; 



Pag., Lcp.-Hct. Madag. p. 120 (1907). 

 Chalciope hyppasia, Hampson, A. M. N. H. (8) i. (1908) pp. 476, 483, 484. 



Seychelles. — Sixteen specimens from Malie, St. Anne, Praslin, and Frigate Island. 



DistribtUiori. — W., C, S., and E. Africa ; Abyssinia; Aden; Mauritius; Rodriguez; 

 Heunion ; Madagascar ; Comoro Is. ; Gloriosa ; Seychelles (Mahe, St. Anne, Praslin,, 

 Pelicite, Cerf) ; throughout India ; Burma to China ; Ceylon; Java; Australasia. 



30. Flusia clialcyte s, Esp. 



Plusia c/ialcytes, Esper, Sclimett. t. 141. f. 3 (1789) ; Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 391. 

 Plusia chalsijtis, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 95. 

 I'lvsia eriosoma, Hampson, Moths India, ii. p. 569 (fig.). 



Chagos. — One very worn example collected in Egmont Atoll, on He Sipaille, where 

 several were seen under " mapou " trees {Flsonia Calpidia). 



Coetivy. — Eight specimens of a rather pale-coloui"ed form in which the metallic spots 

 of the fore wing are nearly or quite touching one another. 



Farquhar I. — Examples Avere seen but not captured. 



South Providence. — Eleven specimens, in four of which the two metallic spots of fore 

 wing are conjoined. In all cases the ground-colour of the wings is very pale. Larva on 

 Sccevola Koenigii ; pupa in a dense white web on underside of Sccevola leaves. 



Poivre. — A single specimen found dead in a spider's web. The two metallic spots of 

 fore wing are touching and the general ground-colour is very pale as in the South 

 Providence form. 



D'Arros. — One empty pupa on Sccevola Koeniffii. 



Desroches. — Several moths seen but not captured. 



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