Noctuid Genus Melipotis, Hiibn. 317 



Variable as this species is there is a wonderful uniformity 

 of pattern, with dissimilarity of colouring, in the primaries of 

 all our specimens^ even the little oblique white line across the 

 end of the discoidal cell being invariably present. It is 

 unfortunate that the name ochrodes should be the oldest, as it 

 represents a varietal form of the male of which M. ochrei- 

 pennis is only a larger and slightly darker sport ; the central 

 belt in this form is more or less ochreous and the base of the 

 wing is very dark. Guen^e's B. heliotlioides was based upon 

 a female in which the primaries were almost uniformly ashy 

 grey, the markings being indistinct ; we have females of 

 this type from Venezuela and St. Domingo and a series of 

 males forming a transition from it to Walker's B. tevmimfera^ 

 which is identical with Grote's M. nigrescens. The form 

 separated as var. manipularis is composed of rather large 

 specimens, the secondaries of which tend more or less to 

 become dusky ; but the distinction is purely an arbitrary one, 

 and the specific identity of M, manipularis with M. ochrodes 

 is undoubted. 



Melipotis pallescens. 

 Melipotis pallescens, Grote and Robiuson (see Check-List, p. 39. u. 1146), 



United States. In B. M. 



This species is allied to M. ochrodes^ but differs chiefly in 

 the angular outer edge to the basal area of primaries and 

 the very narrow border to secondaries. It appears to be a 

 good distinct species. One example (not the type) was in 

 the Grote collection. The narrow border to secondaries alone 

 would not suffice to distinguish tliis species, as some examples 

 of M. ochrodes vary considerably in this respect. 



Walker has greatly complicated the identification of 

 M. Guenee's species by placing specimens under his names 

 which do not correspond at all with his descriptions, and 

 redescribing them as var. ? in each case ; of course the true 

 species of the French author are redescribed as new forms. 



Melipotis marmoraris. 



Bolina marmoraris, Gueii(5e, Noct. iii. p. 67. n. 1407 (1852). 

 Bolinafamelica, Walker (not Guen^e), Lep. llet. xiii. p. 1140. u. 



(1857). 

 Bolina januaris, Walker (not Guen^e), /. c. p. 1149. u. 9 (1857). 

 Bolina glaucijKiinis, Walker, I. c. p. 1153. n. 19 (1857). 

 Bolina disturbans, Walker, /. c. p. 1162. n. 35 (1857). 

 AcJuea indis/inda, Butler, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 488. n. 100. 



Venezuela, Honduras, St. Domingo, Jamaica. In B. M, 



