Noctuid Genus Melipotis, Hubn. 319 



Melipotis surinamensis. 



cJ. Bolina surinamemis, Moescliler, "Beitr. Schmett. Surin.," in Ver- 

 handl. zool.-botan. Gesellsch. Wien, 1876, p. 416. n. 65. 



9 (as (S)- Bolina sphcerita, Moescliler, I. c. p. 417. n. 66, pi. viii. fig. 4 

 (1876). 



Surinam, c? ," Ecu." (Ecuador ?) . In B. M. 



I have no doubt that Moeschler ha.s wrongly sexed his 

 female ; the style of coloration given occurs in no male 

 Melipotis that I have ever seen, but corresponds closely with 

 the red form of female of M. januaris. The description of 

 the male corresponds pretty closely with our solitary male, 

 which nearly resembles M. januaris $ on the upper surface, 

 though widely differing below. 



Melipotis hisinuata. 

 Bolina bisinuata, Feldev, Raise der Nov., Lep. iv. pi. cxii. fig. 19. 



Goya, Argentine Republic {Perrins). In B. M. 



Allied to M. cellaris^ but readily distinguishable by the 

 pale brownish-buff secondaries with dusky veins, blackish at 

 base of median branches, and by the paler basicostal area of 

 primaries and form of the whitish transverse band, which 

 barely interrupts that area ; the black triangular patch on 

 inner margin towards the base also has an angular outer 

 edge. 



Melipotis cellaris. 



Bolina cellaris, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 66. n. 1405 (1852). 

 Bolina turbata, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1160. n. 32 (1857). 

 Panula itisipida, Felder, Keise der Nov., Lep. iv. pi. cxii. fig. 16. 

 Panula inconstans, Grote (not Guenee), Check-List, p. 39. n. 1114. 



Venezuela and Texas. In B. M. 



As we only have three examples of this species there is 

 not much scope for variation. 



Melipotis parens. 

 Bolina parens, Walker, Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1154. n. 20 (1852). 



St. Domingo. Type in B. M. 



A single example only ; it has characters in common with 

 M. januaris^ but the pattern of the under surface differs so 

 much that without intermediate forms it is impossible to 

 regard it as a variety of that species. 



