498 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [NoV. 4, 



and tliree from Natal : the latter are most like the New-World species, 

 agreeing better in colour and in the absence of black spots on the 

 tips of the fringe, which also is reddish as in G. fractifera. Possibly 

 a long series might prove that they were distinct. 



PolydesmidjE. 

 63. Pandesma quenavadi. 



Pandesma quenavadi, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 438, n. 1310 (1852). 

 Aden. 

 We have this species from Kurrachee and other parts of India. 



Ophiderid^. 

 fi4, Ophideres materna. 



PhalcBna-Noctua materna, Linnaeus, Sj'st. Nat. ii. p. 840, u. 117. 

 Aden ( c? Swinhoe ; $ Yerbury). 



We have received the female of this species from Abyssinia ; it is 

 a common Indian insect. 



OmMATOPHORID/E. 



65. Cyligramma latona. 



Phalfena-Noctua latona, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 20, pi. 13. 

 fig. B(1779). 

 Aden. 

 We have received this species from Nyassa. 



Ophiusid^. 



66. Sphingomorpha monteironis. 



SpMngomorphamonteironis, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 vol. xvi. p. 406, u. 81 (1875). 



S , Aden, 



We have also received this species from Abyssinia ; the present 

 specimen is a little darker than any of our examples from various 

 parts of Africa, but corresponds with them in pattern. 



67. ACH^A CATILLA. 



AchcEtt catilla, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 247, n. 1667. 



Aden. 



We have this species from Abyssinia, Rodriguez, and Madagascar 



68. GrAMMODES STOLIDA. 



Noctua stolida, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 218, n. 54. 



(S , Aden. 



We have received G. stolida from Abyssinia. 



euclidiid^. 



69. Trigonodes acutata. 



Trigonodes acutata, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 283, n. 1728. 

 Aden. 



This species is represented in the Museum by examples from 

 Mauritius, Rodriguez, &c. 



