672 Mr. A. G. Butler's further notes on the 



DARGIDA, Walk. 

 Eupsephopcectes, Grote. 

 1. Dargida graminivora. 

 Dargida grammivora, Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 202, 



n. 1 (1856). 



Venezuela, Brazil. Coll. B. M. 



This species, which is very closely allied to D. pro- 

 cinctus, Grote, is labelled, on Zeller's example, " Noctua 

 graminivora, Moritz." Walker evidently misread the 

 name received with the Museum specimens, which he 

 quotes, "grammivora, Morritz [sic] MSS." The name 

 "grammivora" is not only hybrid, but conveys no 

 meaning; therefore I propose to restore the original 

 reading to the species. 



2. Dargida graminicolans. 

 Dianthcecia graminicolens [sic], Butler, Ann. & Mag. 



Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 4, p. 295, n. 50 (1878). 

 Madagascar. Coll. B. M. 



PSEUDEPUNDA, gen. nov. 



Wings broader than in Epunda, the primaries more 

 triangular, the antennae simple and tapering instead of 

 denticulated and ciliated. 



Type. Epunda bicolor, Moore, from India. 



SYNVALERIA, gen. nov. 



Differs from Valeria in the submoniliform, somewhat 

 flattened, antennae of the male, no pectinations being 

 present. 



Type. Valeria jaspidea, Till., from Europe. 



I now return to Mamestra, to which I have to add 

 some synonyms discovered since the publication of my 

 last paper : naturally, as I have proceeded with the 

 Noctute, I have seen cause to modify the arrangement of 

 the genera, and doubtless many changes will yet have 

 to be made before anything approaching to a natural 

 classification can be obtained. One thing seems clear 

 that the numerous families made for the earlier groups 

 are totally untenable. 



