386 Mr. W. F. Kirby on 



Ambulicinm. 



38. Nephele viridescens. 



Zonilia viridescens, Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 192. n. 1 

 (1856). 



Parumbira, Lake Nyasa, Nov. 11, 1893. 

 One specimen. 



Saturniidae. 



39. Gynanisa maia, var. (?) 

 Saturma maia, Klug, Neue Schmett. pi. v. fig. 1 (1836). 



Magwangwara, German East Africa, Jan. 13, 1894. 



Specimens from Tropical East Africa are larger and paler 

 than those from Natal, and represent a distinct local form, if 

 not a new species. 



40. Pseudaphelia apolUnaris. 



Saturnia apolUnaris, Boisduval, Delegorgue, Voy. Afr. Austr. ii. p. 601 

 (1847). 



Magwangwara, German East Africa, Jan. 3-11, 1894. 

 A long series. 



41. Saturnia ouhie. 



Bombyx oubie, Guerin, Lefevre, Voy. Abyss. Zool. vi. p. 387^ pi. xii. 

 figs. 1, 2 (1849). 



Lake Nakwo, May 3, 1894. 



A pair (male and female), showing that the sexes do not 

 differ. They agree with Somali specimens and differ from 

 tlie figure and description of the type in the transverse pale 

 lines on the wings being white, and not pink. 



42. Saturma ? 



Ekatetok, May 18, 1894. 



A very worn male of a species allied to S. ouhie, Guerin, 

 and >S'. Zaddachi, Dewitz, with a broad yellow border edged 

 with black on the hind wings. The condition of the speci- 

 men renders it useless to attempt to describe it. 



Genus Lasioptila, nov. 



Female. — Antennae moniliform, with about twenty-four 

 joints, the last conical, thickly clothed with very short hair; 

 the joints of nearly uniform length, hardly longer than 



