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Praslin, SL Anne, Prigate I.); tliroughout India; Burma; Ceylon; Amlamans ; 

 Nicobars ; Christmas I. ; Java ; Borneo ; Formosa ; Solomou Is. ; Aru ; Marquesas ; 

 Navigators' Is. ; Tahiti ; Tonga ; Fiji. 



34. Hypospila thermesina, Gd. 



Hypospila thermesina, Gueuee, Maill. Reiin., Lep. p. 53 (1863) ; Joannis, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fiance, 

 1899, p. 199. 



Hypospila bolimides, Joannis (nee Guenee), Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 433, t. 15. ff. 5, 5 a. 

 The present collection contains no specimens. 

 Distribution. — Reunion ; Seychelles (Mahe). 



35. Cosmophila erosa, Hb. 



Noctua erosa, Hiibn., Zutr. ii. p. 19, figs. 287, 288. 



Cosmophila .vanthindyma, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 94, t. 13. f. 7 (1833) ; Moore, Lep. Ceylon 

 iii. t. 155. ff. l-l'' (larva) ; Guenee, Maill. lleun., Lep. p. 44 ; Joannis, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 1894, p. 433. 

 Cosmophila erosa, Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 407; Harapson, Moths India, ii. p. 411. 

 Chagos. — One worn specimen from Salomon. 



Seychelles. — Three : two collected in Mahe during November 1905, the third from 

 Mr. de Gaye's collection. 



Distribution. — Alabama ; Mexico ; West Indies and Cuba ; Sao Paulo ; Argentina ; 

 Paraguay ; W. Africa ; Ascension I. ; St. Helena ; throughout S. Africa ; E. Africa ; 

 Eodriguez ; Reunion ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Seychelles ; Aden ; Sokotra; throughout 

 S. and E. Asia to Japan ; Formosa ; Philippines ; Andamans ; Chagos ; Christmas I. ; 

 Solomon Is.; Gilbert Is. ; Marquesas ; Viti Is.; Queensland to S.E. Australia. 



36. JEub lemma rivula, Moore. 



Thalpochares rivula, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 140. 

 Micra chalybea, Swinh., P. Z. S. 1884, p. 518, t. 47. f. 10. 



Eublemma rivula, Hampson, Moths Ind. ii. p. 341 ; Joannis, Bull. Soc. Eut. France, 1899, p. 197. 

 Farquhar I. — Fifteen specimens, 30 September and 1 October, 1905 ; locally abundant 

 in North Island. 



Distribution. — N'Gami Country; Transvaal ; Natal; Farquhar I. ; Mahe (Seychelles); 

 Calcutta; Kilgiris; E. and S. Australia. 



37. Eublemma ragusana, Frr. 



Eublemma raffusana, Freyer, Nene Beitr. v. p. 92 ; Hampson, Moths India, ii. p. 339, iv. p. 516. 

 Coetivy. — One specimen, 24 September, 1905, amongst grass &c. in a dry place under 

 coco-palms. 



Distribution. — Syria ; Nigeria ; B. E. Africa ; Mashonaland ; Transvaal ; Natal ; 

 throughout India ; Burma; Ceylon; Andamans; Java; New Guinea; Queensland. 



This species does not seem to have been recorded previously from any of the islands 

 in the Indian Ocean. 



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