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Show 224 MR. H. DRUCE O N LEPIDOPTERA [Apr. 17, 31. STEIRIA SUBOBLIO.UA. Steiria subobliqua, Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 1136. One specimen, identical with Walker's type in the National Collection. Fam. HYPOCALID#.. 32. HYPOCALA PLUMICORNIS. Hypocala plumicornis, Guen. Sp. Gen. Lep. vii. p. 75. The black margins of the secondaries are rather wider in the Suva specimens thau in the typical African form, but in other points are identical. Fam. OPHIDERID^E. 33. OPHIDERES FULLONICA. Ophideres fullonica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2. p. 812; Clerck, Icon. t. 48. f. 1-4. Fam. EREBID^E. 34. OXYODES CLYTIA. Oxyodes clytia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 238, t. 399. f. G. Fam. OMMATOPHORID.E. 35. SERICIA ANOPS. Sericia anops, Guen. Sp. Gen. Lep. vii. p. 1296. The specimens are identical with those from India and Ceylon. Fam. OPHIUSIDJE. 36. LAGOPTERA MINIACEA. Lagoptera miniacea, Feld. & Rog. Reise Nov. Lep. t. cxvi. f. 8; Erkl. de Taf. no. 8. One specimen, almost identical with Felder's figure. 37. LAGOPTERA MAGICA. Lagoptera magica, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. f. 535, 536. Noctua coronata, Fabr. ? A very widely distributed and common species. 38. OPHISMA L^TABILIS. Ophisma Icetabilis, Guen. Sp. Gen. Lep. vii. p. 241. Noctua illibata, Fabr. ? 39. ACH^E FASCICULIPES. Achce fasciculipes, Walk. Cat. xiv. p. 1400. The specimens of this fine species are identical with Walker's type in the National Collection from Celebes, also with those in my own collection from New Caledonia. |