304 PEECT SLADEN TEUST EXPEDITION. 



119. Syngamia abruptalis, Wlk. 



Asopia ? abruptalis. Walk., Cat. xvii. p. 371. 



Syngamia abruptalis, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii. t. 178. f. 14 ; Hampson, Moths Ind. iv. p. 279. 



Seychelles. — Three specimens, all from Mahe. 



Distribution. — Gold Coast ; Sierra Leone ; N.W. Nigeria ; Mashonaland ; Br. E. 

 Africa; Mauritius; Seychelles (Mahe) ; Sokotra ; throughout India; Burma; Ceylon; 

 Andamans; Queensland; Pergusson I. ; Fiji. 



120. Syngamia floridalis, Z. 



Steiiia floridalis, Zeller, Lep. Micropt. Caffr. p. 60 (1852). 

 Syngamia floridalis, Hampson, Moths Ind. iv. p. 280, f. 169. 



Chagos. — Two specimens, both from Salomon : one taken in He de la Passe on 22 June, 

 1905 ; the other without exact data. 



On the wing this moth mimics a small red coccinueliid beetle which is also found here 

 on Sccevola Kcenigii. Its flight is rather slow and the outer black border is not seen 

 at all, so that it gives the visual impression of a heavy-bodied insect witli small scarlet 

 black-spotted wings. 



Bistrihution. — S.Africa; India; Bui'ma; Ceylon; Java; Celebes; New Hebrides; 

 Duke of York I. ; Tahiti. 



121. Bocchoris inspersalis, Zell. 



Botys inspersalis, Zeller, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. (Mic. Caff.) p. 33 (1852). 

 Desmia afflictalis, Gueuee, Delt. et Pyr. p. 190, t. 5. f. 4. 



Bocchoris inspersalis, Joannis, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 436; Hampson, Motli.s Ind. iv. p. 284; 

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



Mauritius. — One specimen from Petite Iliviere (400 feet), 18 August, 1905. 

 Bistribution. — Throughout Africa ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Seychelles (Mahe) ; 

 Aden; India; Burma; Ceylon; Java; China; Japan. 



122. Nacoleia nipliealis,'W]k. 



Botys niphealis, Walker, Cat. xviii. p. 638. 



Botys epastalis, Swiuhoe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 874, t. 57. f. 13 ; Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 436. 



Nacoleia niphealis, Hampson, Moths Ind. iv. p. 313. 



Chagos. — Eleven specimens from Salomon Atoll (Boddam I., 24 May ; I. du Sel, 

 2G May ; I. Anglaise, 31 May) and Peros Banhos. 



Seychelles. — Two, one from Prigate Island (Connor), the other from Mahe, November 

 1905. 



Bistribution. — Sierra Leone ; India (low country) ; Burma; Ceylon; Maldives. 



123. Nacoleia maculalis, sp. n. (Plate 17. fig. 8.) 



6 . Exp. 21 mm. Labial palpi upturned, thickly scaled ; second segment whitish, third 

 fuscous. Antennae fuscous, minutely ciliated. Patagia wdth tuft of hair extending 

 beyond metathorax. Posterior tibiae with outer spurs half length of inner. Head, 



