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402 INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA.
v. p. 442.—J. Hellins suggests that it is occasionally double-brooded in
England. Ent. M. M. vi. p. 264.
Zygana stcechadis, Borkh. Lederer describes and figures a variety from
Transcaucasia. Ann. E. Belg. xiii. p. 29, pi. 1. f. 7. He also remarks (I. c.)
that Z. filipendula gradually becomes changed into transalpina. Hiibn. (nee
Esp.), and charon, Boisd. (nee Hiibn.).
Procris (Acoloithus) americana. Transformations described and figured in
Amer. Ent. ii. pp. 173,174, from Rep. Ins. Miss. ii.
Netclia punctata, F. JV. famula and JV. hyalina of Freyer, and also N. servula,
Berce, are forms of this species. Staudinger, Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. pp.
106, 107.
Diptilon, g. n. Prittwitz, S. E. Z. 1870, p. 349. Allied to Hamaterion. Head
of moderate size, round; palpi slender, tip pointed, somewhat curved outwards,
nearly naked, reaching to the forehead; antennae with two rows of
pectinations not extending to the tips, longest in the middle. Thorax moderately
stout. Abdomen with 6-7 segments; segment 3 strongly constricted,
last segment with a short tuft. Legs imperfect, those present without spurs.
Fore wings forming a half-circle. Cell la strongly rounded towards the body.
Hind wings reduced to simple rudiments, not extending beyond segment
3 or 4; coarsely scaled; sickle-shaped towards the abdomen, resting on the
inwardly curved point: some coarse moderately long bristles on the edges
and on the surface. D. telamonophorum (pi. 2. f. 2a-d) and D. dieides, spp.
nn., /. c. p. 350, Rio.
Zygana pectinicornis, sp. n., Schauf. Nunq. Ot. i. p. 11, Port Natal; Z.
haberhaueri, Lederer, Ann. E. Belg. xiii. p. 45, Transcaucasia.
Glaucopis tollinii, sp. n., Keferstein, Entom. Notiz. p. 13, f. 3, Madagascar.
Mastigocera [Euchromia sect. Horamia] cedippus and M. clavipes, spp. nn.,
Boisd. Le"p. Guat. p. 81, Guatemala, Mexico.
NYCTEOLIDJE.
Halias prasinana. On a sound supposed to be produced by this insect, see
T. H. Hedworth, Ent. v. pp. 116, 117.
Earias insulana, Boisd. Rogenhofer (Verh. z.-b. Wien, xx. pp. 869-874)
describes the transformations of this species, and gives siliquana, rI.-S.,frmdosana,W&]k.,
and gossypii, PFrauenfeld, as synonyms; chlorion, Ramb., and
fulvidana, Wallengr., are varieties. The species occurs in Spain, Crete,
Sicily (?), Syria, Egypt, Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon, South and East
Africa, North and South India, Java, Fiji.
Earias pugcli, sp.n., Rogenhofer, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xx. p. 872 (P =fabia,
Cram.; ? =frondosana, var. B, Walk.), India, New Holland.
LlTHOSIID^G.
BOISDUVAL briefly characterizes his genus Ochodes. Pet. Nouv. no. 19.
Cteuucha vmosa, Walk. Boisduval redescribes this species as new, Lep.
Guat. p. 83.
Gnophala (Dioptis) aquinoctialis, Walk. Boisduval redescribes this species
as new, I. c. p. 87.
Pericopis perspicua, Walk., = Pap. nasica, Fabr.: Butler, Cat. Lep. Fabr.