from Kinsemho. 523 



familiar to collectors of Britisli insects ; whilst two of the 

 species. Sphinx convolvuU and Deilcphila celerio, are iden- 

 tical with our indigenous forms. Of the moths to which no 

 specific name is attached in the List hereafter given, the 

 most striking are, the Parasia with its bright apple-greeu 

 thorax and broad band of the same colour across the 

 fore-mngs, the Plusia with its pectinate antennae and 

 exubei'ant development of the hairy thoracic covering, 

 and the Crantbus with its strongly pectinate antennae. 



Mr. Ansell remarks upon the paucity of Goleoptera at 

 Kinsembo, and hopes for better success when he goes 

 northward to Kabenda. He says, " the Goleoptera of 

 this coast are certainly ivanting, as I have on several 

 occasions visited the most likely localities, and found 

 next to nothing.^' There are in the collection only 25 

 species belonging to 21 genera of beetles; one Cicindelid 

 and one Carabid, seven Laraellicorns, one Malacoderm, 

 five Heteromera, five Longicorns, two Phytophaga, and 

 three Trim era. As might be expected, many of them 

 are mentioned in Erichson's " Beitrag zur Insecten- 

 Fauna von Angola," published in Wiegmann's Archiv 

 fur Naturgeschichte (1843), where some interesting 

 observations on the Insect-fauna of Afi-ica may be found. 

 Of the Longicorns, one beautiful insect has been described 

 as a new species, and appropriately named after its dis- 

 coverer ; though it may, perhaps, be doubted whether 

 Coleopterists generally will regard Tragocephala Ansdli 

 as more than a colour- variation of T. Buquetii. 



The Neiiroptera are represented by four species, two 

 Libellulidce, and two MyrmeJeonidce. The Libellula is 

 interesting, being identical with a common Brazilian 

 species, which at first led M. de Selys-Longchamps to 

 doubt the locality of capture ; but having been received 

 from Zanzibar as well as Congo, its claim to be consi- 

 dered a denizen of South Africa, as well as of South 

 America, may be considered fairly established. 



The Hynoetioptera are represented by five species ; 

 a Bracon described as new under the name B. bellosus, 

 three Apidce of the genus Xylocopa, and a Chrysis. 



The Diptera are only two in number, of the families 

 Tabanidce and Muscidoe. The latter is described as new, 

 under the name Tachina cdbifrons. 



The Hemiptera consist of two Homoptera, a Fulgora 

 and a Cicada, and nine species of Heteroptera, all of 

 common occurrence and ordinary form. 



