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37. Remigia repanda (Fabr.), Ent. Syst., iii (2), p. 49 (1794). 



Seychelles ; Mahe ; Silhouette ; Praslin (Fletcher) ; Felicite. African and oriental 

 regions, Central America. 



38. Ophiusa mercatoria (Fabr.), Ent. Syst., iii (2), p. 62 (1794). 



Aldabra : two specimens obtained at the flowers of Ceriops candolleana ; they are 

 small in size (expanse 50 mm.) and seem to represent the form violaceofascia of 

 Saalmiiller. Assumption, 1 $. East Africa, Madagascar, India, Ceylon, Java. 



39. Ophiusa algira (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i, p. 836 (1766); Hamps., Moths 

 Ind., ii, p. 500. 



Seychelles : Mahe, 1 ^, 1 ?. Aldabra, 3 ,?, 2 $ ; smaller than the type and tinged 

 with fuscous. Old world, tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



• 40. Ophiusa angularis (Boisd.), Faun. Ent. Madag., p. 103. 

 Seychelles : Mahe, 2 $. East and South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius. 



41. Ophiusa th^haca (Cram.), Pap. Exot., ii, p. 116, pi. 172, f E (1777). 

 Assumption, 1 ? (Dupont). Europe (South), Africa, India, China. 



42. Ophiusa melicerta (Drury), 111. Exot. Ins., i, 46, t. 23, f 1; Hamps., Moths 

 Ind., ii, p. 494. 



Seychelles: Mahe, 1 $ and 1 ?. Assumption, several specimens (Dupont, 1910). 

 The $ from Mahe seems referable to the form (sp. ?) catella, while the tw(/» $ resemble 

 Saalmiiller's figure of Achcea cedipodina Saalm. (Lep. Madag., T. viii. fig. 132). African, 

 Oriental and Australasian regions. 



43. Plusia chalcytes Esper., Schmett. f 141, f 3 (1789). 



Seychelles : Mahe ; Sihouette ; Marie Anne ; Bird. Aldabra. Tropical regions 

 throughout the world. 



44. Plusia signata (Fabr.), Ent. Syst., iii (2), p. 81 ; Hamps., Moths Ind., ii, p. 568. 



Seychelles : Mah^ ; Joannis records this species but no further specimens have been 

 obtained. Africa, Madagascar, India, Ceylon, China, etc. 



45. Plusia limbirena Guen., Noct., ii, p. 350. 



Seychelles ; Mah^, 1 $. Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, India. 



46. (Edebasis ovipennis Hamps., Ann. S. African Mus., ii, p. 352. 



Aldabra, 1 $ ; previously only known from a $ and ? type in Coll. Druce. Africa 

 (Delagoa Bay). 



47. Catephia olivescens (Guen.), Noct., iii, p. 48. 



Seychelles : Mah^, 1 ?. African, Oriental and Australasian regions. 



48. Fodina aldahrana, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 6, $.) 



$ ?. Head and thorax chestnut brown ; vertex of head and palpi light fuscous ; the 

 scales on tegulte, patagia and mesothorax tipped with yellow. Fore wing vinous brown 



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