68 INSECTA TRANSVAALIENSIA. 



This genus is not only found in Africa and Madagascar, but throughout India and 

 Ceylon. It is also recorded from Australia. 



One species of Nephele, as found at Durban {N. variegata), is aberrant in its process of 

 transformation. According to Mr. G. F. Leigh, " in almost every instance the larva spins 

 up in the leaves and between the small branches of the fig-tree. The cocoon, too, is very 

 thick for this species of Moth. . . . It is undoubtedly done for protective purposes, as on 

 the few occasions when I have found a few where the ground and an exposed root of the tree 

 has been used for pupation, the pupae have nearly always been eaten by Ants. The Ants 

 seem to commence the attack directly the change takes place, and when the pupa-case is 

 soft, as I have ascertained by experiment that they will not attack a perfectly dry pupa of 

 this Moth." * 



8. Nephele vau. (Tab. V., fig. 19.) 



Zonilia vau, Walker, Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. p. 197 (1856). 



Zonilia ScJdmperi, Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) v. p. 605, pi. xiii. fig. 1 (1857). 



Zonilia Baffrayi, Oberth. Etudes d'Ent. iii. p. 31, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1878). 



Nephele van, Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 239 ; Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. xix. p. 579 (1897). 



Hae. — Transvaal ; Zoutpansberg (Kaessner). — Also recorded from the Congo and Abyssinia. 



9. Nephele argentifera. (Tab. V., fig. 15.) 



Zonilia artjentifcra, Walker, Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 194 (1856). 



Nephele anientifera, Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol. ix. p. 622 (1876) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. 

 vol. i. p. 679 (1892). 



Hab. — Transvaal ; Waterval Onder (Eoss). — Described from Natal. I possess an example from 

 Delagoa Bay (Junod). Mozambique (Muir). 



10. Nephele comma. (Tab. VI., fig. 10.) 



Nephele comma, Hopffer, Monatsb. Acad. Berl. 1857, p. 421 ; Peters' Keise, Zool. v. p. 424, pi. xxvii. fig. 12 



(1862) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. vol. i. p. 680 (1892). 

 Zonilia comma, Boisd. Spec. G6n. Lepid. H^t^roc. i. p. 142 (1875). 

 Zonilia viridescens var. y, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 193 (1856). 



Hab. — Transvaal; Pretoria (Colls. Dist. and Pret. Mus.), Johannesburg (Cregoe & Hyde). — Natal; 

 Durban (Ross). 



Genus BASIOTHIA. 



Basiothia, Walker, Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 124 (1856). 



A small African genus. 



11. Basiothia medea. (Tab. VL, fig. 17.) 



Sphitix medea, Pabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 143, n. 19 (1781). 

 Sphinx idricus, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 2, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1782). 



Basiothia idricus, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 125 (1856); Butl. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 vol. ix. p. 552 (1876). 



* ' Entomologist.'xxxv. p. 321 (1902). 



