1884.] lepiboptera from aden. 499 



70. Trigonodes anfractuosa. 



Ophivsn anfractuosa, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 104, 

 n. 8, pi. 15. fig. 6. 

 Aden. 

 "We have received this insect from Abyssinia. 



B.EMIGIID.S. 



71. ReMIGIA FRXJGALIS. 



Noctua frugalin, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 138. 

 cJ, Aden. 



Common probably all over India and Africa ; we have it from 

 Kurrachee to Ceylon and from Sierra Leone to Madagascar. 



72. Remigia conveniens. 



Eemigia conveniens. Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1507, n. 19(1857). 

 Aden {Terbury and Swinkoe). 



Probably abundant throughout Africa ; we have it from Sierra 

 Leone to Rodriguez. 



THERMESIIDiE. 



73. Magulaba mcestalis. 



2 Magulaba mcestulis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv. p. 1J2G 

 (1865). 



d", Aden. 



Walker's type was from Sierra Leone ; he referred it, as a new 

 genus, to the P/atydiif/(E,hnt as a fact it is allied to Helta, Mulelocha, 

 Daxata, and Mareura (genera of the Thermesiidce). 



Hypenid^. 



74. HyPENA JtJSSALIS. 



Sypena jussalis. Walker, Lep. Het. xvi. p. ,02, n. 56 (1858). 



Aden. 



We have this species from the Congo and Natal. 



75. HyPENA ABYSSINIALIS ? 



Hypena abyssinialis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 39, n. 44. 



Aden. 



Excepting that I do not consider the palpi short in the species 

 from Aden, it corresponds with Gueuee's description of the Abyssinian 

 insect. 



7<i. Hypena obacerralis. 



Hypena obacerralis, Walker, Lep. Het. xvi. p. 53, n. 58 (1858). 



Xanthoptera semiluteal, Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 18/2, pi. .5. 

 fig. 11. 



S , Aden. 



A very widely distributed species common to Asia and Africa ; it 

 appears to be abundant at Natal. Snellen's type is represented 



