( 560 ) 

 «'. J', peneus i'.^peneus. 



Sjiliiiix iiviiens Cramer, l.r. 



/.onith, iirnenx, Walker, I.Ut I.rj,. Inx. B. M. viii. p. I'.i;!. ii. -1 (1850) diartiui) ; Dew., Mitlh. Miiwh. 



Knt. Ver. iii. p. -lU (187!1) (Chinchoxo). 

 Xeiiheh- peiieux, Hopffer, in Peters, Reise. M„:uiiih., /.,,ul. v. p. 422. t. 27. f. 11 (1862) (Inhambane); 



But)., Trillin. Ziiiil. So<: Loud. ix. p. i;2:^. n. 10 (ls77) (W. Afr. ; Sierra Leone); Westw., in 



Uates, Matiibehliinil p. 36.') (1881): Druce, in Moloney, Wexl Afrinui Fmr^tri/ p. 493. n. 18 



(1887) ; Kirl)y, C„l. Lrp. Ihl. i. p. 679. n. 11 (1892) (Africa). 



^,- p. 102 (1894). 



(?) Xcjihele bi/uirtit<i, Schaus & Clem., Sierra Ltone Lep. p. 19 (1893). 



6 ?. Forewiug with white spots as described above. 



b'. JS. /jeneus f. iimotuta uov. 



<??. White spots absent. This form is apjiareutly rare, while the white- 

 spotted one is commou. 



llab. Aethiopian l?egioii, exi^lusive of tin- Malagassic Hubregioii. 



Ill the Triijg Museum : — 



38 6S, 2i) ? ? oi L jjenetis h-om ■■ Sierra Leone; Gokl Coast; Ogrugu, Niger; 

 Congo ; Dekigoa Bay ; Nyassalaud ; German and Brit. East Africa ; Uganda. 



4 c?(^, 1 ? of f. innotata from : Sierra Leone (Ji/pc) ; Gold Coast. 



4«2. Nephele accentifera. 



sphinx accciiti/era Beauvois, y«.s. Afr. Amer. p. --'(U. t. 24. f. 1 (1805) (Afr.). 



Sjjhiii.c {Deilephila) tr/clyiua Hoeven, Tijdsclu: Xatiirl. Gesch. vii. p. 278. n. 2. t. 5. f. 2. a. b. (1840) 



(Guinea). 

 Deilephila ranzani Bertoloni, Mem. Ac Bijhi<jna ii. p. 183. n. 21. t. 9. f. 6 (1850) (Mozambique). 

 Zoniliu pieiieiiii, Walker {mm Cramer, 1770), List Lep. Lia. B. M. viii. p. 193. n. 2 (1850) (partim). 

 Zonilia tridijiiia, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 141. n. 3 (1875) (Guinea). 

 Xephele accentifera, Hopffer, in Peters, lieise Mn-.ainti.. y.uul. v. p. 423 (1802) (= t ridy ma = ranzani): 



Butl., Tran-i. Zuni, Soc. Loud. ix. p. 023. n. 8 (1877) (Sierra Leone) ; Holl., Tram. Anier. Eiit. 



Sue. xvi. p. 07. D. 28 (1889) (Benita ; Kangwe) ; Moschl., Abh. Se»h: Natnrf. Ges.xv.p. 71. 



n. 158 (1890) (Accra) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 079. n. 6 (1892) (S. Africa) ; Auriv., Ent. 



Tidskr. xiii. p. 183. n. 233 (1892) (Cameroons ; Gabun). 

 Xephele rarieijata Butler, Proc. Zoul. Soc. Lmnl. p. 15. n. 31 (1875) (Congo ; Africa): id.. Trann. 



Zvul. Soc. Lond. p. 023. u. 7. (1877) (Congo ; Africa : Abyss.) : Druce, in Moloney, West Afr. 



Forestry p. 493. n. 17 (1888) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hct. i. p. 079. n. 10 (1892) (Congo) ; Schaus & 



Clem., Sierra Leone Lep. p. 19 (1893). 

 Zonilia accentifera, Dew., Milth. Miinch. Ent. Vcr. iii. p. 25 (1879) (Chinchoxo) ; Plotz, Stctt. Eid. Zcit. 



xli. p. 76. n. 284 (1880) (Ciimeroons). 

 Xepliek accentifera var. varicgata, Karscb, Ent. Xarlir. xvii. p. 297. n. 14 (1H91) (Cameroons) ; id., 



l.c. XTiii. p. 180. n. 61 (1892) (Baliburg). 



c??. Combs of tarsi and spurs heavy. Forewing more variegated than in 



the allied s^jecies : the antemedian and discal lines irregular, rather distinct, second 

 and third discal dentate, interspace between them more or less grey, a band 

 jiroximally of the pair of antemedian lines also grey or dayisli, and a triangular 

 costal imtch in front of the white spots clayish ; black line bordering marginal area 

 very in'egular, projecting proximad at R-, with tawny-olive patches at its proximal 

 side, especially between SC' and 11- ; three white spots (PI. LXIV. f. lU. 11) : one 

 iu cell, rounded, nearer SC than M, two at cross-veins, one above the other, the 



