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Genus Grammodcs. 



2676. GRAMMODES AMMONIA. 



PJialana (Noctua) ammonia, Cram., Pap. Exot. iii, pi. 250, fig. D, (1779). 

 Grammodes ammonia, Guen., Noct. iii, p. 278, 1720.* 



, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xiv, p. 1443, (1858). 



. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 76. 



. Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 179, (1885). 



Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 521, and 



1885, p. 467. 

 I. M., Sikkim (purchased), Kulu (Young), Calcutta, Ranch! 



(Irvine) . 

 Collection Swinhoe, Umballa, Bombay, Karachi, Nilgiri Hills, 



Sikkim, Raipur, (Central India). 

 Also recorded from Sylhet, Nepal, Ceylon, South Africa. 



2677. GHAMMODES EXCAVATA. 



Grammodes excavata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xxxiii, p. 973, (1865), 

 South India. 



2678. GEAMMODES MYGDON. 



Phalcena (Noctua) mygdon, Cram., Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 156, fig. G, (1777). 

 Chalciopemygdonias, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 268, No. 2636, (1816). 

 Grammodes mygdon, Gue'n,, Noct. iii, p. 278, 1721. * 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xiv, p. 1444, (1858). 



. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 76. 



. Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 467. 



Chalciope mygdon, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 180, (1885). 



Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. Iv/pt. 2, p. 101, (1886). 



I. M., False Point (Baxter), Calcutta, Sibsagar, Sikkim, Tavoy 

 (Moti Ram), Bombay (Swinhoe), Andaman Islands (pur- 

 chased), Nicobar Islands (De Niceville). 



Collection Swinhoe, Nilgiri Hills, Bombay, Khandalla, Ceylon. 



Also recorded from Java and Borneo. 



2679. GRAMMODES STOLIDA. 



Noctua stolida, Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii, p. 218, No. 54, (1781). 



Mant. Ins. ii, p. 145, No. 81, (1787). 



Ent. Syst. iii, 2, p. 41, No. 109, (1794). 



God., Lep. Fr. v, 117, pi. 53, fig. 5.* 



Phalcena stolida, Gmel., Ed. Syst. Nat. i, 5, 2552, 1094.* 



Noctva cingularis, Hiibn., Noct., pi. 76, fig. 352, and pi. 109, fig. 512.* 



Ophiusa stolida, Trait., Scbmett v, 312, 13.* 



Meig., Syst. Besch. iii, 208, 10, pi. 113, fig. 9.* 



Grammodes stolida, Guen., Noct. iii, p. 276, 1717.* 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xiv, p. 1441, (1858). 



Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 76. 



, Butler, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), v, p. 225, (1880). 



_ Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 521 ; 1885, p. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 352. 



Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1886, p. 382. 



I. M., Karachi (Swinhoe; also Murray), Kulu (Young). 

 Collection (Swinhoe), Umballa, Karachi, Bolan, Bombay, 



Campbell pore. 

 Also recorded from Europe and South Africa. 



