318 Mr. A. G. Butler on the 



Var. stolida. 



Bolina stolida, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1162. n. 34 (1857). 

 Bolina excepta, Walker, I. c. p. 1165. n. 40 (1857). 

 Melipotis stygialis, Grote (on type label). 



Venezuela, Honduras, and United States. In B. M. 



The whole of these specimens correspond in the position of 

 the markings on the primaries, even to the little white trans- 

 verse marking on the discocellulars, although they, as usual, 

 show considerable variation in ground-colour ; they also agree 

 in the pattern of the secondaries and under surface, and there- 

 fore I have not the slightest hesitation in pronouncing them 

 slight variations of one species. 



With regard to Melipotis sti/gialis, two specimens so labelled 

 were in the Grote collection, one of them marked " type," 

 and as they are not included under Melipotis in the ' Check- 

 List' of 1882, I can only suppose that they were subse- 

 quently described; they are simply larger specimens of the 

 insect from Venezuela to which Walker gave the name 

 Bolina excepta . 



Melipotis perpendicularis, 



Bolina jJerpendicnlaris, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 65. n. 1404 (1852). 

 Var. Bolina limitata, Moeschler, Abb. senck. Ges. xiv. p. 55, pi. — . 

 fig. 16 (1886). 



Venezuela, Honduras, and Jamaica. In B. M. 

 Our examples of this species show very little variation ; it 

 is allied io M.marmoraris. Moeschler figured a slight variety. 



Melipotis januaris. 



Bolina januaris, Guen(5e, Noct. iii. p. 67. n, 1406 (1852). 

 Bolina russaris, Guenee, I. c. p. 69. n. 1411 (1852). 

 Bolina excavans, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1154. n. 21 (1857). 

 Bolina subtilis, Walker, I. c. p. 1156. n. 24 (1857). 



St. Domingo. In B. M. 



B. excavans is typical M. januaris and B. subtilis is an 

 intermediate form linking it to B. russaris ; all the forms are 

 identical on the under surface, which is rather peculiar and 

 not likely to be confounded with that of any other species ; 

 the upper surface of the secondaries also shows no variation 

 and that of the primaries corresponds as regards the defined 

 markings, although in B. russaris they are barely indicated. 



