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the violascens-group but the whole spoliata-group (the violas ce ns-group is in a fact a more or less defined subgroup of iO, including African and Indo-Australian taxa. Reticulata has a northern Oriental range from the Himalaya and S India to S China and the northern part of the Malay peninsula, inhabiting hilly and montane forests; new to the fauna of Vietnam. Thysanoplusia intermixta (Warren, 19131 (in Seitz: Grosssch. der Erde, III, p. 357. - Phytometra) Examined material: 1 male, Vinh Phu, Tam Dao, 1200 m, 13. X. 1986, leg. Mahunka and Oláh; 1 female, Hoa Binh, 100 m, 10 km to Da Bac, 21. X. 1986, leg. Mahunka and Oláh; 2 females, Da Lat, 1500 m, 14. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhely* • 3 males from same locality, 16. X. 1988, leg. the previous collectors; 1 female, Prem waterfall, 15 km S of Da Lat, 19. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi. An Indo-Australian species, expanding to the southern temperate areas in the Pacific Coast; previously not found in Vietnam. Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) (Systema Ent., p. 607. - Noctua) Examined material: 1 male, 1 female, Ha Noi, Quang Ba, Ho Tay, 7. V. 1987, leg. Matskási, Oláh and Topái; 1 male, Prov. Bac Thai, Thai Nguyen, 40 m, 23. V. 1987, leg. Matskási, Oláh and Topái; 1 male. Da Lat, 1500 m, 14. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 male from same locality, 15. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 female from same locality, 17. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi. An Old World circumtropical species with wide range in the Indo-Australian Region. Trichoplusia (s.l.) lectula (Walker, 1858) (List specimens Lepid. - Insects Colin. Br. Mus., 15: 1679. - Prodenia) Examined material: 1 female, Hoa Binh, 100 m, 10 km to Da Bac, 21. X. 1987, leg. Mészáros, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 female, Hoa Binh, 100 m, 23. X. 1987, leg. Mészáros, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 female, Prov. Vinh Yen. Tam Dao. 840 m, 9. V. 1987, leg. Matskási, Oláh and Topái; 1 female, Prov. Bac Thai, Thai Nguyen, 40 m, 23. V. 1987, leg. Matskási, Oláh and Topái. An Oriental species, distributed from the Himalaya Range, S China and Japan to New Guifiea, inhabits lowland forests and more or less disturbed habitats. Its taxonomic relegation is doubtful, by the genital characteristics is more close to the members of the genus Thysanoplusia. Scriptoplusia nigriluna (Walker, 1857) (List Specimens Lepid. - Insects Colin Br. Mus., 12: 931. - Plusia) Examined material: a single female. Due me waterfall, 15 km S of Bao Loc, 700 m, 23. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi. The distribution of this species is similar to that of the preceding one; new to the fauna of Vietnam. Zonoplusia ochreata (Walker, 1865) (List Specimens Lepid. - Insects Colin. Br. Mus., 33: 839.- Plusial Examined material: 1 male, Ha Noi, military cemetery, S from the city, 18.1. 1986, leg. Mahunka and Oláh; 1 female, Hoa Binh, 100 m, 23.X. 1987, leg. Mészáros, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 3 females, Ha Noi, Quang Ba, Ho Tay, 28. X. 1987, leg. Mészáros, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 male, Prov. Bac Thai, Thai Nguyen, 40 m, 23. V. 1987, leg. Matskási, Oláh and Topái; 1 male. Da Lat, 1500 m, 16. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 male from same locality, 17. X. 1988, leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi; 1 female. Due me waterfall, 15 km S of Bao Loc, 700 m, 23. X. 1988. leg. Mahunka, Oláh and Vásárhelyi. The distribution of the species is similar to the preceding two taxa, occurs usually in lowland territories.