[From the ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OP NATURAL HISTORY for 

 June 1887.] 



Descriptions of new Species of Moths (Noctuites] from the 

 Solomon Islands. By ARTHUR Gr. BUTLER, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., &c. 



THE following new species are from the collection recently 

 sent home by Mr. C. M. Woodford. 



Ommatoplioridae. 



1. Nyctipao variegata, sp. n. 



? . Nearest to N. crepuscularisj decidedly larger ; the 

 ocellus of primaries as in N. ephesphoris and bounded by a 



