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Hypopyra feniseca. 



Hypopyra feniseca, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 200, n. 1590 (1852). 

 Var. H. ossigera, Guenee, I. c, p. 201, n. 1600 (1852). 

 Salanga, Darjiling, and Dharmsala. In Coll. B. M. 



Hypopyra vespertilio. 



Noctua vespertilio, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 136, n. 16. 

 Hypopyra shiva, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 190, n. 1597 (1852). 

 H. extricans, Walker, Lep, Het. xiv. p. 1328, n. 11 (1857). 

 H. dulcina, Felder, Eeise der Nov. Lep. iv. pi. cxv. fig. 10. 

 H. pandia, Felder, I. c, fig. 12. 

 H. pallida, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 26 ; Lep. Ceyl. pL 166, 



figs. 1, la. 

 India, Ceylon, Japan. In Coll. B. M. 



This is one variable species, all the forms being completely 

 connected by transitional examples. 



Emmonodia, Walk. 

 Emmonodia pudens. 



Hypopyra pudens, Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1329, n. 13 (1857). 

 Emmonodia hypopyroides , Walker, I.e., p. 1333, n. 1 (1857). 

 Hypopyra grandceva, Felder, Eeise der Nov. Lep. iv. pi. cxv. 



fig. 11. 

 Var. H. persimilis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 608. 

 Andamans, Borneo, Sumatra, and Nias. Type in Coll. B. M. 

 It is very doubtful, I think, whether this species occurs in 

 India. Walker's locality, " Hindostan ? ", is quite unwarranted. 

 Moore's H. persimilis is the form in which the dark blotch has 

 wholly disappeared from the primaries ; the type of E. hypopy- 

 roides is an example in which it is reduced to a small interrupted 

 spot. 



HuLODES, Guen. 

 Hulodes drylla. 



Hulodes drylla, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 209, n. 1609 (1852). 



H. saturnioides, Guenee, I.e., n. 1610 (1852). 



Hypopyra restorans. Walker, Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1328, n. 12 

 (1857). 



Dharmsala, Silhet, and Moulmein. In Coll. B. M. 



The proper position of this genus is next to Emmonodia. 

 Many of Guenee's families, as he left them, were nothing more 

 than arbitrary collections of genera, having but little in common 

 with one another. I suppose it would be difficult to find a more 

 heterogeneous group than Guenee's family Bendidse. 



