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one species of Arctiidae, twenty-five species of Noctuidae, and 

 two species of Geometridae, as follows : 



^Acherontia atropos, Linn. "f^Erias insulana, Boisd. 

 'f*Herse convolvuli, Linn. *An,ua tirhaca, Cr. 



"I" Hippotion aurora, Roth. & Jord. Achaea trapezoides, Guen. 

 i*Utetheisa pulchelloides, Hamps. Achaea finita, Guen. 

 'f*Chloridea obsoleta, Fab. *Parallelia algira, Linn. 



"f^Agrotis ypsilon, Linn. *Chalciope hyppasia, Cr. 



■f*Cirphis loreyi, Dup. "f^Mocis undata', Fab, 

 ■j" Cirphis leucosticha, Hamps. *Phytometra chalcytes, Esp. 



( = insulicola, Saalm.) *Cosmophila erosa, Hiibn. 



"f^Perigea capensis, Guen. "f^Dragana pansalis, Walk. 



^^Eriopus maillardi, Guen. ^*Magulaha imparata, Walk. 



*Prodenia litura, Fab. ^^Hydrillodes lentalis, Guen. 



*Spodoptera abyssinia, Guen. "f^Hypena masurialis, Guen. 



Athetis expolita, Butl. ^*Hyblaea puera, Cr. 



"fEublemma apicimacula, Mab. f*Craspedia minorata, Boisd. 



*Amyna octo, Guen. ^*Thalassodes quadraria, Guen. 



The five species collected by Mr Gulliver and not represented 

 in the present collection are as follows: 



*Argina cribraria, Clerck. (Hypsidae). 



*Nodaria externalis. Walk, (redescribed as Diomea bryophiloides, 

 Butl.) (Noctuidae). 



Pericyma turbida, Butl. (Noctuidae). Peculiar to Rodrigues. 

 *Achaea catella, Guen. (Noctuidae). 

 *Mocis repanda, Fabr. (Noctuidae). 



Butler listed a species as Laphygma cycloides, Guen., apparently 

 in error, as Sir George Hampson has in his Catalogue placed the 

 record under Spodoptera abyssinia, Guen. 



There are about 180 specimens, of some thirty species, of 

 Micro-lepidoptera. These have not yet been worked out. 



The collections made by Mr Snell are of importance as showing 

 more definitely the relations of Rodrigues with the other islands 

 in the vicinity. Undoubtedly the fauna has, with the flora, suffered 

 considerably from the devastating effects of the fires which have 

 so frequently swept the island, but investigation of the collections 

 of the groups not yet worked out, will undoubtedly show that con- 

 siderable traces of the indigenous fauna still exist, and will serve 

 to indicate with greater accuracy the affinities of Rodrigues with 

 the neighbouring islands. 



*. Of wide distribution. 



f Not previously recorded from Rodrigues. 



