64 W. J. HOLLAND. 



coloi' as the adjacent i)ai'ts of the hody. Primaries and secondaries rusty gray, 

 except the discal area of tlie priiimries. which is hlack ; a few faint lines and 

 marks appear on the lighter surfaces. Expanse 70 mm. 



Described from two specimens in coll. Holland. 



Hob. — Benita ( Reiitlinger). 



Note. — I had the pleasure of communicating one of my types to 

 the British Museum with some other specimens, and Mr. Butler, 

 upon examination of the sending, informs me that in his judgment 

 Chcerocampa livida is unnamed hitherto, although the British Mu- 

 seum possesses a worn specimen from Old Calabar. 



Genus DAPHXIS Hiib. 



20. D. Nerii Linn., Syst. Nat. 12, p. 798, No. 5 (1766). 



I have three fine s})ecimens of this widely distributed hawk moth, 

 two of them bred at Kangwe, one taken at Benita. They are larger 

 than European and Palestinian examples in my collection. 



Subfamily Smerinthin.e. 



Genus POLYPTYCHUS Hiib. (restricted by Butler.) 



21. P. Goodii n. sp. Plate IV, fig. 2. 



Uppeeside. — Head and thorax deep fawn, tinged with pink near tips of the 

 patagise. Abdomen very light gray, almost white, shading at the sides and end 

 into rosy fawn. Anterior wings much produced and falcate at apex, and deeply 

 scalloped on the external margin at each neural interspace. The general tint 

 of the primaries is a rich warm fawn ; on the inner margin at the base is a tuft 

 of hairs of a deep rose-madder tint, followed by a dark basal transverse line and 

 two di.scal transverse lines, the outermost of which is very irregular and sinuate, 

 .suggesting with the discal dot, which is black pupiled with white, the outlines 

 of a human face. This line is followed by two somewhat parallel lines of the 

 same shade, which is succeeded by a narrow, hlack, submarginal line, extending 

 from just below the apex to vein 3, where it is lost in a space densely irrorated 

 with blue -black scales. The posterior wings are creamy white on the costa, 

 light fawn on the inner margin, anal angle and fringe, and deep rose-madder 

 over the rest of their surface. 



Undek.side. — Palpi, thorax, abdomen, femora of the first two pairs of legs and 

 the last pair of legs throughout dark fawn, the tibiffi and tarsi of the two ante- 

 rior pairs of legs are rosy and covered densely with blackish scales externally. 

 Anterior wings of the same general color as above, but the marking more ohscure, 

 the costa and the internal margin white, and the disc I'ose-madder. Posteriors 

 white, shading toward margin into light rosy fawn, the internal margin broadly 

 rose-madder ; two light brown lines originating on the costa beyond the middle 

 traverse the wing and converge at the anal angle. Expanse of wings 110 mm. 



Described from one female specimen in coll. Holland. 

 Hab. — Upper Ogove River (Good). 



