46 NOCTUIDuE. 



3 c? , S*''^ Maria {Ricluirdson), 1 c? ; Guatemala {Rodriguez^ Cham- 

 pion), 3 c? 5 3 5 ; Costa Rica (Underwood), 2 J ; Panama, Chiriqui 

 ( Champion), 1 J , 1 $ , Godmau-Salvin Coll. ; Jamaica, 1 $ ; Bar- 

 bados (Frampton), 2 (5 ; St. Vincent (H. H. Smith), 1 $ ; Vene- 

 zuela, 1 $ ; Brazil, liio, 1 $ ; Peru, Callao (J. J. Walker), 1 $ ; 

 Chili, Coqiumbo (J. J. Walker), 1 d" , 1 $ : C. Verdes, St. Vincent 

 (J. J. Walker), 1 5 ; Europe, Central and Southern, Britain, 

 JFrance, Nice (Leach)^ 1 c? , Germany, Zeller Coll., Spain, 1 c? , 1 5 , 

 Frey Coll., Sicily, 1 d" , S. Paissiu, Sarepta, 1 $ ; Madeira (Meek), 

 1 c? ; Canaries (Leech), 2 J ; W. Africa, Congo (Curror), 1 J , 1 5 ; 

 Soudan, Gebt el Meghahid (JJunn), 1 $ ; Abyssinia, 1 c? ; Br. E. 

 Africa, Machakos (Grawshay), 2 cf , 1 $, Tana R. (Craivshay)^ 

 1 $ ; N'Gamiland (Lugard), 1 c? , 1' $ ; Transvaal (lioss), 1 (^ ; 

 Natal, Malvern (Marshall), 1 $ , Durban (Leir/h), 2 d : Basutoland, 

 Masite (Craivshay), 1 $ ; C Colony (Dr. Smith), 1 c? , Knysna 

 (Trimen), 1 d" , Grahamstown, 1 c? , C. Town, 2 c?, 1 $ , type 

 pulverosax Aden (Yerhury), 1 d" ; Syria, Lebanon, 1 J; Japan, 

 Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 d" , Fushiki (Leech), 1 $ ; E. China, 

 Shanghai (Pryer, J. J. Walker), 1 d , 1 $ , Chusan (J. J. Walker), 



1 5 ; Formosa {Hobson),2 $ ; W. China, Chang-yang (Prai(^), 1 $ , 

 Washan (Pratt), 1 d" : Kashmir, Gourais Valley (Leech), 1 d , 

 Kuijar (McArthur), 1 § ; N.W. Himalayas, Simla (Swinhoe), 1 d' , 



2 5 , Dalhonsie, 1 § , Akhor (Yerhury), 1 d , Campbellpur, 4 $ , 

 Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 d" , 3 $ , Deyra Dun, 2 2 , Allahabad, 1 J , 

 1 5 ; SiKHiM (Russell), 1 $ ; Afghanistan, Kandahar (Roberts), 



1 (S ; Sind, Knrrachee (Swinhoe), 1 d" , Kutch, 1 $ : Bombay 

 (Stvinhoe), 1 d' , Mhow, 1 $ ; Madras, 1 $ ; Nilgiris (Hampson), 



2 c?, 2 2 ; Ceylon (Green), 16, 1 ? ; Perak, Kinta Valley 

 (Ridley), 1 $ ; Singapore (Ridley), 1 5 ; Java (Horsfield), 3 d' , 



3 $ ; N. Australia, Pt. Darwin, 1 $ , Condillae I. (J. J. Walker), 



1 d" ; W. Australia, Sherlock R. (i^r. Clements), 1 $ , Freemantle 

 (/. J. Wcdker), 2 d' , 1 $ ; Queensland, Brisbane (Turner), 1 6 , 



2 5 ; iST. S. Wales, Moreton B., 2 d" , 2 § , type rubrescens, Sydney 

 (Raynor), Q S ,Q 2 ; Victoria, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 S ; Tasmania, 

 Lannceston, 1 o' ; J^- Zealand, Dunedin (Purdie), 1 6 , Auckland, 

 3d, 4 $ , type conferta ; Gilbert Is. ( Woodford), 2 d' , 3 $ ; 

 Hawaii (Blackburn, Perkins), 1 J , 4 2 • ^-^y- 30-42 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 108 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 152, pi. 245. f. 1. 



(Redescribed.) Head 3 millim., pale brown, reticulations pale, the 

 sides spotted with darker brown and also the vertex. Body dull green ; 

 dorsal line fine, white, broadly edged with black ; pale mottlings in 

 lateral space, scarcely forming lines ; an even dark shade above the 

 broad whitish, substigmatal line, broadly greenish-centred ; white 

 specks in subventral space. Cervical shield black, with white sub- 

 dorsal line and white speckles. On somites 4 to 11 a black shade 

 from tubercle i-iii, fainter on somite 10. Tubercles i-iv large, black, 

 conically elevated ; spiracles black. Dorsum minutely pilose. 

 Thoracic feet blackish. 



Food-plants : corn, cotton, tomatoes, Rosa, Reseda, Ccdamintha, 

 &c. 6-7.— H. G. D. 



