synonymy of the genera ofNoctuites. 665 



OBTHODES, Guen. 



I have already stated (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 6, vol. vi., p. 96) that the type of this genus, 

 0. t-nigrum, must be placed here, the whole of Guenee's 

 other so-called Orthodes being referred to Dyschorista. 

 Orthodes will now include 0. t-nigrum from Brazil, and 

 0. exempta (Leucauia exempta, Walk.) from Ceylon. 



MYCTEROPLUS, Herr.-Sch. 

 Zotheca, Grote, is synonymous with this genus. 



SPODOPTEEA, Guen. 



"Spodoptera" pecten of Guenee, although it closely 

 resembles S. mauritice in colouring and general pattern, 

 is structurally quite distinct, and must either be placed 

 in or near to the genus Agrotis. 



1. Spodoptera inauritia. 

 $ , Hadena mauritia, Boisduval, Faune, Ent. de 



Madag., p. 92, pi. 13, fig. 9 (1833). 

 $ , Spodoptera nubes, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 155, n. 246 



(1852). 



$ , S.filum, Guenee, I. c., n. 248 (1852). 

 ? , Prodenia infecta, Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 196, 



n. 12 (1856). 



$ , P. insignata, Walker, I. c., p. 197, n. 14 (1856). 

 $ , Caradrina triturata, Walker, 1. c., x., p. 295, n. 30 



(1856). 

 ? , Agrotis transducta, Walker, 1. c., p. 344, n. 91 



(1856). 

 $ , Prodenia permunda, Walker, I. c., xi., p. 723 



(1857). 

 $ , Laphygma gratiosa, Walker, I. c., SuppL, ii., p. 651 



(1865). 



$ , L. squalida, Walker, I. c., p. 652 (1865). 

 $ , Prodenia venustula, Walker, I.e., p. 654 (1865). 

 $ , Celcena bisignata, Walker, L c., p. 679 (1865). 

 $ , Agrotis aliena, Walker, I. c., p. 694 (1865). 

 $ , A. bisignata, Walker, I. c., p. 702 (1865). 

 $ , Hadena obliqua, Walker, /, c., iii., p. 736 (1865). 

 Africa, Asia, and Australia. Coll. B. M. 

 It is remarkable, considering what a number of 



