1884.] lepiboptera from aden. 499 



70. Trigonodes anfractuosa. 



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

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

 Aden. 

 We have received this insect from Abyssinia. 



Remigiid.e. 



71. remigia frugal1s. 



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

 6 , Aden. 



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

 Kurrachee to Ceylon and from Sierra Leone to Madagascar. 



72. ReMIGIA CONVENIENS. 



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

 Aden {Terbury and Swinhoe). 



Probably abundant throughout Africa ; we have it from Sierra 

 Leone to Rodriguez. 



ThERMESIIDjE. 



73. Magulaba mcsstalis. 



5 Magulaba mcestalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv. p. 112G 

 (1865). 



S , Aden. 



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

 genus, to the Platydiida,hut as a fact it is allied to Helia, Mulelocha, 

 Daxata, and Mareura (genera of the Thermesiida). 



Hypenid^e. 



74. Hypena jtjssalis. 



Hypena jussalis, Walker, Lep. Het. xvi. p. 52, n. 56 (1858). 



Aden. 



We have this species from the Congo and Natal. 



75. Hypena abyssinialis ? 



Hypena abyssinialis, Guene'e, 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 Guenee's description of the Abyssinian 

 insect. 



76. Hypena obacerralis. 



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



Xanthoptera semilutea 1, Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 1872, 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 



