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73. Ophiuche conscitalis (Walk.), Cat., xxxiv, p. 1509. 



Seychelles : Mahe ; Silhouette : Praslin ; Frigate ; common. African, Oriental, 

 Australasian regions. 



74. Arrade erebusalis Walk., Cat., xxvii, p. 82. 

 Seychelles: Silhouette, 1000ft., 2?. Ceylon. 



75. Arrade massalis Swinh.. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1885, p. 866. 

 Seychelles: Silhouette, 1000ft., ?, ?. India (Bombay). 



76. Hijhlcea puera (Cram.), Pap. Exot., ii, p. 10; Hamps., Moths Ind., ii, p. 371. 

 Seychelles ; Mah^, 2 ? : Praslin. African, Oriental, Australasian regions. 



77. Hyhlcea xanthia Hamps., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1910, p. 453, pi. 38, fig. 26. 



Aldabra 3 $ . Two of the specimens resemble the type from Africa ; the third 

 differs from them in having a great I'eduction of the black irroration of the fore wing, 

 while the hind wing has a black discal dot in place of the black suffusion, and the black 

 marginal border is reduced to a few black specks. Previously known from South Africa. 



Lymantridae. 



78. Porthesia p)ectinata, n. sp. (Plate 1, fig. 12,^.) 



$. Head, thorax and abdomen creamy white. Antennae long (10 mm.) and strongly 

 pectinated ; the branches brown and the shaft thinly covered with white scales. Wings 

 white ; fore wing with the costa moderately arched ; outer margin slightly curved. 



? . Antennse shorter than in $, less strongly pectinated. Colour as in $. Fore wing 

 with the costa highly arched and outer margin more curved than in $. Anal tuft 

 apparently greyish. Expanse $ 40 mm., ? 49 mm. 



The specimens are not in the best of condition but the species is abundantly distinct, 

 and I have no hesitation in describing it. 



Seychelles; Silhouette, high jungle, 2000 ft., 2^, 1?. 



Hypsidse. 



79. Hypsa suhretracta Walk.. Cat., vii, p. 1676. 



Seychelles ; Mahe (Joannis, 1 $). No specimen has been obtained since Joannis 

 recorded it, and the species is probably not resident. Also in Africa. 



80. Deilemera seychellensis Hamps., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, i, 1908, p. 485. 

 Seychelles; Mah^ ; Silhouette, 1000 ft., 7 $, 14 ?. 



81 Argina astrcBa (Drury), 111. Exot. Ins., ii, p. 11, pi. 6, fig. 3. 



1 ^ and 1 ? approach the form pardalina in having the spots ringed with greyish 

 white ; the remainder are all the form ^:<^Zoi?s. 



Seychelles: Mah^ ; Silhouette; low country' to 1000 ft., 2$, 8?. Madagascar, 

 Mauritius, Reunion, India, Australasian region. 



