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Ihib. East At'rk'ii : from Uelagoa Bay to British East Africa. 



In the Tring- Musenra 4 (J J, 2 ?? from: Dehigoa B. (Mouteiro) ; Ft. 

 Johnston, Brit. C. A. (Dr. UemhiU); Uhiguru, Germ. E. Afr.; Blombasa, x. 

 (Dr. Ansorge). 



*14. Hippotion rosae. 



*J),i,vj>S(i iwric Butler, Ann. Mug. .V, //. (.5). x. p. 433. n. o (1882) (Delagoa B. :— Mus. Brit.). 

 Melupsllm rosar, Kirby, Cut. Lrji. Ihl. i. p. G60. n. 9 (1892). 



?. A broad-wiiigL'tl and hirge sjiecies, easily recognised by the pinl;: antenna 

 and the whitish grey upperside of body and forewiug. Black stigma of forewiug 

 prominent ; a patch of blackish and brown speckles at inner margin. Body stout. 

 Palpus simple, second segment as broad as long, truncate. External spur of 

 midtiliia considerably shorter than inner one. Antenna clubbed, short for such a 

 large species. 



Early stages not known. 



JIa.b. Delagoa Bay. 



In the Tring Museum 2 ? ¥ from Delagoa Bay (Blonteiro). 



715. Hippotion rebeli spec. uov. (PI. V. f. 12, ?). 



cJ?. Antenna rather strongly clubbed in ?. Body above clay-colour, underside 

 creamy bufi', no markings. 



Wings, uppiTside, clayish buff, hiudwing faintly pinkish. Forewing : 



sj)eckled with brown, a faint brown transverse line at base of M- ; a clayish 

 cinnamon patch just beyond ajjex of cell, another at inner margin close to outer 

 angle, bordered proximally by a vestigial line, a short postdiscal band between 80''^ 



iind R', and a short blackish obliijue apical dash ; a minute black stigma. ■ 



Hindwiug : an indistinct border of brown speckles. 



i'nderside bnff, hiudwing a little paler than forewing, both speckled with 

 brown ; no markings, except a short apical dash and the vestige of a line midway 

 between subcostal fork and ajjex of forewing, and a faint brown border to the 

 hiudwing. 



6. Tenth tergito slender, convex aljove, aiiex acuminate ; sternite with almost 

 parallel sides, rounded at end, with a small mesial incision. Clasper with one large 

 friction-scale ; har])e ending in a broad asymmetrical process (PI. LII. f. 22). 

 Penis-sheath armed with one conical pointed i)roccss which projects towards the 

 right side (PI. LVIl. f. 38J. 



Early stages not known. 



//"//. N.E.Africa: Sudan; <)l)0ck. 



In the Hofmuseum in Wien 1 ? (Jupi', figured) from l!ahr-el-«erai; .Sudan ; 

 a (J in the Museum in Paris from Oljock. 



This Obock <i has the forewing less distinct ly nuirkeil, bnt it shows better than 

 the 4' tiiat the liiir on the disc and that liefore inner margin are [lortions of one 

 discal line. 



il(i. Hippotion irregularis. 



*/'-/.'/, «, irmjularia Walker, Lint. Lqi. In^. I',. .1/. viii. p. I'lJ. ii. 4 (IH.Oli) ( \V. .\fr. :— Mus. Brit.) ; 



Bull,, TruriK. /muL Sor. Lund. ix. p. iJ48. n. 4 (1877). 

 CliorruniiniHi.'; inr.ii(ilui'ii, Boiuduvul, N/nr. Gen. Up. Ili'l. i. p. "283. n. 82 (187i>). 

 ClKteivmnijni in-eijuUiris, IloUaud, Tru.nx. Anier. hjni. Sue. xvi. p. liil. u. 18. t. 3. I'. .( (188',l). 

 aiarruninq,,,. inrijnluri^, Karscli, ICnt. .Var/ii: .xvii. p. 294. ii. 7 (1891) (Camorooun), 

 Milu/uiluH in-ctjulariK, Kirby, Cat. Lip. Ilist. i. p. Clil. n. 10 (1H9.'). 

 *Tltcretra cronnei UoHiscljikl iii. p. 22. ii. 3 (189i;) (.Vssaba ;— Mu«. Tring). 



