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645. Pitasila varians. 



Nyctemera varians. Walker : ii. 400 (1854). 

 vii. 1663 (1856). 



Moore: Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 332 (1859). 



Pitasila varians. Butler : 111. Typ. Lep. Het, B. M., v. p. 46, pi. 88, f. 4 



(1881). 



Moore : Journ. As. Soc. Beng., liii. (2) 3, p. 234 (1884). 

 Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 80. 469 (1887). 

 Swinhoe : Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1890, p. 179. 

 Type. Maulmein, in B. M. 

 a. India (2). b. Sylhet. 



646. Pitasila specularis. 



Nyctemera specularis. Walker: vii. 1665 (1856). 

 Type. Ceram, in B. M. 

 a. Ceram (Wallace). b. Ceram (Ida Pfeiffer). 



647. Pitasila bijunctella. 



Nyctemera bijunctella. Walker: xxxv. 1880 (1866). 



Stretch : Cist. Ent., ii. p. 18 (1875). 



Leptosoma maculosum. Felder (nee Walker) : Reise Nov. Lep., pi. 103, 

 f. 2 (1869). 



Type. Philippines, in B. M. 

 a. Philippines. 



648. Pitasila abraxoides. 



Nyctemera abraxoides. Walker : Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond., vi. 93 (1862). 

 - xxxi. 197 (1864). 



Type. Borneo, in B. M. 

 a. Borneo. 



649. Pitasila inconstans. 



Pitasila inconstans. Butler : P. Z. S., Lond., 1880, p. 672. 

 Type. Formosa, in B. M. 

 a. Manilla. 



GENUS ATASCA. Gen. Nov. 



Differs from the genus Pitasila in having the antennas in the male 

 ciliated and in the female simple ; in Pitasila the antennae are pec- 

 tinated in both sexes. 



650. Atasca pellex. 



Phalana (Noctua) pellex. Linn. : Mus. Lud. Ulr., 388 (1764). 

 Syst. Nat, xii. ii. 838. 104 (1767). 



Gmel. : ed. Syst. Nat, i. 5. 2550. 104 (1788). 



Leptosoma pellex. Aurivillius : Sv. Ak. Handl., xix. 5, p. 161, pi. i, f. 5 



(1882). 



Leptosoma artemis. Boisd. : Voy. de 1'Astrolabe, i. Lep. y p. 199 (1832). 

 Nyctemera artemis. Walker: ii. 394 (1854). 

 Nyctemera separata. Walker: xxxi, 204 (1864). 



