20 Mr. A. G. Butler on the Genus Hypocala. 



List of Species. 



Hypocala subsatura. 



cJ. Hypocala subsatura, Guene'e, Noct. Hi. p. 75. n. 1419 (1852). 

 Var. a. Hypocala aspersa, Butler, P. Z. S. 18S3, p. 164. 

 Var. b. Hypocala limbata, Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. vii. p. 76, 

 pi. cxxxi. fig. 13 (1889). 



Dharmsala, Solun, and Canara. B. M. 



Hypocala deflorata. 



Noctua deflorata, Fabricius, Naturf. p. 190, pi. ii. figs. 6, 7. 



Var. a. Hypocala plumicornis, Guene'e, Noct. iii. p. 75. n. 1420 (1852). 



Hypocala efflorescens, Guene'e, /. c. p. 77. n. 1423 (1852). 



Hypocala angulipalpis, Guene'e, /. c. n. 1424 (1852). 



Var. b. Noctua rostrata, Fabricius, Naturf. p. 197, pi. iv. fig. 4. 



Madras, N. India, Dharmsala, Nilgiris, Kilima-njaro, 

 Natal. B. M. 



It is a common form of superstition amongst naturalists to 

 assume that examples of the same species cannot occur both 

 in India and Africa ; M. Guenee was evidently strongly 

 imbued with this opinion. The difference represented by the 

 following words alone serves to separate H. plumicornis and 

 ffflorescens : of the first it is said, " Un seul <$ , qui m'a & 

 envoye* comme venant de la Cafrerie : mais cette provenance 

 me laisse quelques doutes." Why? Because in other 

 respects it closely resembled H. efflorescens, of which we read, 

 "Silhet. Coll. Gn. Un ." As for H. angulipalpis, it 

 was based upon a single dwarfed and much rubbed example. 



Hypocala guttiventris. 



Hypocala guttiventris, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1176. n. 10 (1857). 

 Hypocala tryphcenina, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. iv. pi. cxii. fig. 20. 

 Var. a. Hypocala lativitta, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iii. p. 929 (1865). 



Moreton Bay and S.E. Australia. Type B. M. 



Hypocala andremona. 



Phalcena-Noctua andremona, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 132, pi. ccclviii. 



figs. C, D (1782). 

 Hypocala filicornis, Guene"e, Noct. iii. p. 76. n. 1421, pi. xiii. fig. 7 



(1852). 

 Var. a. Hypocala Pierreti, Guene*e, /. c. p. 77. n. 1425 (1852). 



Honduras, Amazons, Sao Paulo. B. M. 



