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there. An amusing episode occurred on the occasion of our first 

 visit there with Herr Pavel. A specimen of Sirex gigas having 

 caused considerable consternation to the passengers on the 

 steamer, who were under the impression that it was some 

 exaggerated species of hornet, aroused the attention of Herr 

 Pavel, who quieted the alarm by seizing the harmless sawfly and 

 transferring it to his chloroform-bottle, greatly to the satisfaction 

 of the other passengers. 



The Schwabenberg locality is about 1500 feet above Budapest, 

 and can be reached by a cog-wheeled railway from Buda. This 

 was the most picturesque spot that we visited for collecting, the 

 view from the higher ground being magnificent. The broad 

 meadows, fringed with wood, which sloped away gradually from 

 the summit towards the Wolfsthal on the east, were a favourite 

 resort of Argynnis hecate, together with some of the larger 

 species of Argynnis, among which the handsome A. pandora was 

 said to occur later on. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 



By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



(Continued from p. 125.) 



EEEBID^. 



Letis, Huhn. 



Letts alauda. 



Letis alauda, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 154, n. 1543 (1852). 



L. scops, Guenee, I.e., p. 155, n. 1544 (1852). 



L. trailii, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 49, n. 82 (1879). 



Brazil, Amazons. In Coll. B. M. 



Letis hercyna. 



Phalcsna hercyna, Drury, 111. Eur. Ent. ii. p. 41, pi. 24, figs. 



1, 2 (1773). 

 Letis buteo, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 152, n. 1540 (1852). 

 L. xylia, Guenee, I. c, p. 153, n. 1541 (1852). 

 Syrnia letiformis, Guenee, I. c, p. 158, n. 1549 (1852). 

 Letis vittifera. Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1273, n. 23 (1857). 

 L. Integra, Walker, I.e., n. 24 (1857). 



Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad, Demerara. In Coll. B. M. 



This species is extremely variable on the upper surface, but 

 the under surface of the wings varies very little. 



