1920] Holland, Lepidopfera of the Congo 285 



(577) 2. Ophideres materna (Linnseus) 



Fhalcena-Nodua materna Linn^us, 1767, Syst. Nat., 12th Ed., T, part 2, p. 840. 

 Ophideres materna Hampson, 1894, Moths of India, II, p. 561. 



Three examples, one taken at Medje in June 1910, one at Faradje 

 on January 1 , the third at Niangara in May 1913. 



(578) 3. Ophideres princeps Boisduval 



Ophideres princeps Bolsduval, 1832, Voy. de I'Astrolabe, Lep., p. 245. Walker, 

 1857, List Lep. Het. B. M., XIII, p. 1223. 



Three specimens, which agree well with the figure given by Guenee 

 (Noct., PI. XVI, fig. 3). Originally described as from New Guinea, but 

 this was probably a mistake of locality. I observe that Swinhoe 

 in his ' Catalogue of Eastern Lepidoptera Heterocera' does not cite the 

 species from the In do-Malayan Region. Two of the specimens were 

 caught at Medje in June and July, while one is labelled "Panga, IX, 16, 

 1914." We have many specimens in our collections from West Africa. 



(579) 4. Ophideres divitiosa Walker 



Ophideres divitiosa Walker, 1869, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, I, p. 356, PI. vii, fig. 11. 

 Three specimens taken at Medje in July and August not differing 

 from others in our collections from other localities in tropical Africa. 



Sphingomorpha Guenee 



(580) 1. Sphingomorpha chlorea (Cramer) 

 Phalcena-Noctua chlorea Cramer, 1779, Pap. Exot., II, PI. civ, fig. C. 

 Sphingomorpha chlorea Swinhoe, 1900, Eastern Lep. Het., II, p. 132. 



Nineteen specimens, all taken at Niangara, except two taken at 

 Medje. The examples from Niangara were caught in March and April 

 1913; those from Medje in April and in July. 



(581) 2. Sphingomorpha pudens Holland 

 Sphingomorpha pudens Holland, 1894, Ent. News, VII, p. 57, PI. ii, fig. 7. 



Of this species there are four specimens, two males and two females. 

 One female was caught at Matadi in June 1909, the other at Ngayu in 

 April 1910. The two males were taken at Meclje in July 1910. 



(582) 3. Sphingomorpha aliena, new species 



Plate XIII, Figure 14, ^ 

 cf. In the outline of the primaries this species agrees with .S^. chlorea, the type 

 of the genus, the outer margins being evenly rounded and not produced or slightly 

 angulated at the extremity of vein 4,^ as is the case in .S'. pudens. 



