synonymy of the genera of Noctuites. 677 



C. herbimacula, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 223, n. 354 



(1852). 

 $ , C. infeeta, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 263, n. 9 



(1856). 

 United States. Coll. B. M. 



2. Celcena leucostigma. 



Noctua leucostigma , Hiibner, Samml. Eur. Schmett. 

 Noct., pi. 80, fig. 375. 



Var. Cerastis laevis, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc., 1881, 

 p. 181. 



Europe, Japan, and China. Coll. B. M. 



The type of C. lavis is an unusually large dark male, 

 the markings upon which are ill- defined ; there is, how- 

 ever, no question of its identity with this species. I can 

 see no reason whatever for separating C. leucostigma, 

 generically, from " Mamestra" splendens or "Hydroecia" 

 nictitans. 



NEPHELODES, Guen. 

 1. Nephelodes minians. 



Nephelodes minians, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 130, n. 203 



(1852). 

 Graphiphora expansa, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 399, 



n. 26 (1856). 



United States. Coll. B. M. 



Grote considers N. violans a variety of this species, 

 and certainly there seems nothing beyond the greyer 

 colour of the wings, due to the absence of red in the 

 dark bands, upon which to separate it. 



Var. violans. 



Nephelodes violans, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 130, n. 204 



(1852). 

 Graphiphora subdolens, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 405, 



n. 44 (1856). 



United States. Coll. B. M. 



" Hadena" exornata, Mceschl., seems to me to be a 

 very closely allied species to the preceding. 



