( 008 ) 



(? ? . Koi-cwiiif;- nuit'onii in colour, lines tliiii, not proiuinent ; stigma, if 

 present, consisting of two spots — namely, dots 2, and 3 + 4, the latter forming 

 a horizontal triangular spot which points distiul fPl. LXIV. f. s). 



a'. N. J'anehri.f finii'lir'i.-^ i. J iiiirhrU. 



Sphinx funebrk Fabricius, l.i-. 



*Zonilia ririilescenn Walker, JJsl Li'/i. Ins. li. M. viii. p. 19J. n. 1 (18.'i0) (partimj. 



*Nepheh iiiferiialii Kirby, I.e. 



<S ?. Stigma represented by a minute dot, which is sometimes absent. 



//. j.\. fain'bris J'i.indjri» f. ronimuriilu nov. 



cJ ? . Forewiug with two white spots (PI. LXIV. f. 8). Pare. 



Uab. Both forms in West and East Africa. 

 In the Tring Museum : — 



18 c?c?, 2:l' ? ? of i.J'anebris from: .Sierra Leone; Ogrugu, Niger; Mikindani, 

 Germ. E. Afr. ; Mpapwa ; Mombasa. 



2 cJc?, 4 ? ? off. cominacula from : Sierra Leone {ti/pe) ; Dar-es-Salaam. 



b. JS. fiiiiebris maculosa subsp. nov. 



(??. Larger than the preceding. Forewing variegated with tawny-olive 



patches between the lines, especially between the subbasal, second and tiiird discal 

 lines, and distally of the postdisco-submarginal one ; the latter patches generally 

 very conspicuous, sometimes, however, blackish, and then contrasting less with the 

 ground-colour ; stigma, if present, a rather large ovate spot, being the enlarged dot '6. 



€ . S. fanebris maculosa f. maculosa. 

 S ? . Without white spot on forewing. 



(/'. A. /unebris maculosa f. ovijera nov. 



c?. Forewing with white ovate spot (V\. T-XIV. f. 'J). 

 llab. l!ongo. 

 In the Tring Museum : — 



9 c?cJ, 2 ? ? of f. maculosa from Yakusu, Stanley Falls, May, July, August 

 (Rev. K. Smith) ; Bopoto (Eev. K. Smith) ; Upp. Congo ; t//jje : Yakusu, May. 

 4 c?c? of f. otifera from Yakusu, May, July (Rev. K. Smith); ttj}>c : May. 



479. Nephele bipartita. 



I'Nephch hiparlila Butler,.!////. M,:;/. X. 11. (f)). ii, p. 455 (1878) (Old Calabar ; -Miis. Brit.); 

 Kirby, Cat. L,'p. llrt. i. p. G70. n. 2 (181)2) ; Schaus * Clem., Sia-m Leuue Lqi. p. I'.l (1893) 

 (partim y). 



c? ? . Scaling of antenna bulf distally, not grey ; underside of palpus scaled 

 white and black, strongly contrasting with the tawny-ochraceous underside of 

 the body ; black side-patches of abdomen narrowed at upper end, those on third 



segment more or less distinctly connected with one another at base. Forewiug, 



above, mucli variegated with tawny-olive ; a blackish baud from middle of costa 

 to hinder angle, not very prominent, but quite distinct, the area between this 

 baud and outer margin dark brown, including tawny-olive spots, which are often 

 enlarged and merged together at costal margin to a large patch, which e.xtends 



