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A damaged specimen, possibly belonging to this common 

 South-African species. 



18. Utetheisa pulchella. 

 Tinea pulchella, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 534. n. 238 (1854). 



Pavumbira, Lake Njasa, Nov. 7, 1893 ; Ndi, March 30, 

 1894. 



Six specimens were obtained of this widely distributed 

 species. 



19. Argina amanda. 



Enchelia amanda, Boisduval, Delegorgiie, Voy. Afr. Austr, ii. p. 597. 



n. 133 (1847). 

 Deiopeia ocellina, Walker, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 571. n. 9 



(1854). 

 Var. Deiopeia cingiilifera, Walker, /. c. p. 569. n. 17 (1854). 



Uganda {Capt. Williams)^ June 1893; Mozambique, 

 July 12, 1893 ; Parumbira, Lake Nyasa, Oct. 25-Nov. 8, 

 1893; Dar-es-Salam, Jan. 30, 1894. 



A very large series of this conspicuous moth, representing 

 both forms noted above. 



Hypsidge. 



20. Egyholia Vaillantina. 



Bombyx Vaillantina, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot. pi. xxxi. fig. 3 

 (1790J. 



Mozambique, July 12, 1893; Magwangwara, German 

 East Africa, Jan. 4 and 19 ; Kilwa, Jan. 20 ; Mombasa, 

 March 17 ; Uganda, Dec. 30, 1894. 



NyctemeridsB. 

 21. Aletis Ethelmda, sp. n. 



Exp, al. 52-64 millim. 



Body black above, with three rows of white spots ; a trans- 

 verse streak below the antennce and a central spot beneath (in 

 the male), the wiiole face in the female, the under surface 

 of the head and abdomen, and the hinder orbits orange-tawny ; 

 pectus spotted and legs streaked with white ; antennae in 

 male strongly pectinated. Wings deep orange-red, as in 

 A. heJcita &c., with broad black borders : fore wings with a 

 large oblique subapical white band and three spots (sometimes 

 traces of a fourth) below : hind wings with rather small oval 



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