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Chagos specimens have a noticeably paler area on the hind wing fringing the exterior 

 edge of the white transverse fascia. This, however, cannot be looked on as a form 

 peculiar to the Chagos group, as it is a variable character frequently exhibited by 

 specimens from many diverse localities throughout the whole range of the sjiecies. 



Coetivy. — Five specimens, September 1905. Common in shady bushy places. 



Farquhar I. — One only, in South Island, 29 September, 1905. 



D'Arros. — Not found by me, but noted by Dr. Holland as obtained there by Dr. Abbott 

 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1895, p. 273). 



Seychelles. — Two from Malie. Also recorded from Platte I. 



Marie Louise I. (Amirantes). One specimen, collected by Mr. Dupont. 



Distribution. — Texas; Central America ; W.Indies; S.America; throughout Africa ; 

 Aden ; Syria ; Sokotra ; Reunion ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Comoros ; Aldabra ; 

 Gloriosa ; Farquhar I. ; Amirantes (Marie Louise, D'Arros) ; Coetivy ; Seychelles 

 (Mahe, Platte) ; throughout India ; Burma ; Assam ; Ceylon ; Maldives ; Andamans ; 

 Chagos; Cocos-Keeling ; Christmas Island ; Java; Singapore; Timor Laut; throughout 

 China ; Japan ; Korea ; Amboina ; Formosa ; New Guinea to S.E. Australia ; New 

 Zealand ; New. Ireland ; Pitcairn I. ; Marquesas ; Gilbert Is. ; Samoa ; Sandwich Is. 



113. Eurrhyi'xirodes tricoloralis, Zell. 



Botys tricoloralis, Zeller, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. (Mic. Caff.) p. 31 (1852). 

 Isopteryx abnegatalis, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii. t. 179. f. 7. 

 Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis, Hampson, Moths Ind. iv. p. 264. 



Mauritius. — One specimen at Petite Uiviere (400 feet), 18 August, 1905. 

 Seychelles. — Five specimens, all from Mahe. 

 Amirantes. — One specimen from Marie liOuise I. {Dupont). 



Distribution. — W. and S. Africa ; Mauritius ; Amirantes (Marie Louise I.) ; Seychelles 

 (Mahe); India; Ceylon; Maldives; Java; Queensland; N. S. Wales; Fiji. 



114. Synclera traducalis, Zell. 



Eudioptis traducalis, Zeller, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. (Mic. Caff.) p. 54 (1852). 



Pagyda traducalis, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii. t. 182. f. 9; Hamps. Motlis Ind. iv. p. 272. 



Synclera traducalis, Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 437. 



Seychelles. — A single specimen from St. Anne I., December 1906 {de Gaye). 



Distribution. — W. Indies ; C. and S. America ; throughout W., S., and E. Africa to 

 Aden and Syria ; Seychelles (Mahe, St. Anne, Cerf) ; throughout India to Ceylon ; 

 New Guinea. 



115. Ercta ornatalis, Dup. 



Spanista ornatalis, Dup., Lep. France, viii. p. 207, t. 223. f. 8. 

 Stenia ornatalis, Guenee, Maill. Eeun., Lep. p. 63. 

 Hydriris ornatalis, Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 437. 



Ercta ornatalis, Hampson, Moths Ind. iv. p. 274 ; Scraper, Schmett. Philipp. ii. t. 5. f. 11 (larva); 

 Pag., Lep.-Het. Madag. p. 133 (1907). 



