37G NOCTUES. 



FAMILY OPIIIDERID.E. 



Genus Argadesa. 

 24-74.. ARGADESA MATERNA. 



Phalana (Noctua) materna, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii.p. 8-10, 117, (1767). 



Drury, Ins. ii, p. 24, pi. 13, fig. 4, (177:0- 



Cram., Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 174, fisj. B, (1777), & 



iii, pi. 267, fig. E, (1780). 

 Noctua materna, Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii,p. 212, No. 16, (1781). 



Mant. Ins. ii, 137, No. 20, (1787). 



Knt. Syst. iii, 2, p. 16, No. 27. (1794). 



Noctua hylrida, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 693, No. 11, (1775). 



Khytia materna, Hiibn., Verz. 13,-k. ivhm.lt. p 25l, No. 251H. (1816). 



Triphtea materna, Westw., Nat. Libr. Exot. Moths, 201, pi. 25, fig. 2. 



Ed. Drury, ii, 26, pi. 63, fig. 4*. 



Ophideres materna, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Lep., p. 100,2*. 



Gu^n., Noct. iii, p. 113, 1480*. 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii, p. 1221, (1857). 



Moore, Proc. Zool.Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 



Argadesa materna, Moore, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 74, pi. 12, 



ti-_;s. 4, 4a, b, c, d, and pl.xiv, figs. 3 & 3a. 

 Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 133, pi. 161, fig. 2, (1885). 



Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 463 ; and 



1886, p. 450. 



I. M., Baraknr. No locality (Karachi Museum). 

 Collection Swinhoe, Solun, Belgaum, Satara, Mhow, Poona, 



Bombay, Karachi. 

 Also recorded from Calcutta, Luck now, Allahabad, Canara, 



Madras, Ceylon, Java. 



Genus Othreis. 

 2475. OTHREIS ANCILLA. 



Phalana (Noctua) anrilla, Cram., Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 149, fig. F, (1777). 

 Ophiusa strigata, Donov., Ins . Ind., pi. 54, Fig. 2, (1838). 

 Othreis homtena, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett. p. 2<!l, No. 2597, (1816). 

 Ophideres ancilla, Gue'n., Noct., p. iii, 114, 1482,?*. 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het, B. M. xiii, p. 1224, (1857). 



Ophideres bilineosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., p. xiii, 1227, (1857). 

 Othreis ancilla, Moore, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 67, pi. 12, figs. 2 



& 2a, pi. 13, figs. 3, 3a. 



- Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 132, pi. 161, figs. 3, 3a, b, (1885). 



Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 463. 



I. M., Ceylon (Mackwood), Sikkim (purchased), Sylhet, Bom- 

 bay (Swinhoe). 



Collection Swinhoe, Nilgiri Hills, Satara, Bombay, Poona, 

 Ceylon. 



Also recorded from Allahabad, Canara. 



24,76. OTHREIS CAJETA. 



Phalana (Noctua)cajeta, Cram., Pap. Exot. i, pi. 30, figs. A, B, C (1775), 



(nee Walker). 



Corycia cajeta, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 265, No. 2599, (1816). 

 Ophideres, cajeta, Guen., Noct. iii, p. 112, U78, $ & $ *. 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiii, 1223, (1857). 



Moore, Proc, Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 68. 



