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Show 1884.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM ADEN. 499 70. TRIGONODES ANFRACTUOSA. Ophiusa anfractuosa, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 104, n. 8, pi. 15. fig. 6. Aden. W e have received this insect from Abyssinia. REMIGIID^E;. 71. REMIGIA FRUGALIS. Noctua frugalis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 138. cf, 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 (Yerbury and Swinhoe). Probably abundant throughout Africa ; we have it from Sierra Leone to Rodriguez. THERMESIID.E. 73. MAGULABA MCESTALIS. 2 Magulaba mcestalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv. p. 1126 (1865). cf, Aden. Walker's type was from Sierra Leone ; he referred it, as a new genus, to the PlatydiidafovX as a fact it is allied to Helia, Mulelocha, Daxata, and Mareura (genera of the Thermesiida). HYPENID^E. 74. H Y P E N A JUSSALIS. Hypena jussalis, Walker, Lep. Het. xvi. p. 52, n. 56 (1858). Aden. W e have this species from the Congo and Natal. 75. HYPENA ABYSSINIALIS ? Hypena abyssinialis, Guenee, 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 semiluteal, Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 1872, pi. fig. 11. cf, Aden. . A very widely distributed species common to Asia and Africa ; it appears to be abundant at Natal. Snellen's type is represented |