1896.] FEOM NYASALAND. 135 



110. STNTOMIS CEKES. 



Syntomis ceres, Oberthiir, Etudes, iii. p. 33, pi. 3. fig. 5 (1878). 

 Kambwiyi E., Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st and Feb. 2nd, 1895. 

 " Scarlet and blue-bodied Forester " (E. C.). 



111. METARCTIA RUBRA. 



Anace rubra, Walker, Lep. Het. vii. p. 1720 (1856). 

 cJ, Kaparo, Sougwi E. plains, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, 

 Feb. 26th, 1895. 



" Orange and grey striped Ermine " (R. C.). 



112. ARGINA AMANDA, var. OCELLINA. 



Deiopeia ocellina, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. ii. p. 571 (1854). 

 $ , Kwereru Hill, Deep Bay, April 22nd, 1895. 

 " Orange and black spotted. Full of lemon-coloured ova " 

 (R. C.). 



113. DEIOPEIA PFLCHELLA. 



Tinea pulchella, Liunjeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 534 (1758). 



Deep Bay, March 5th, 1895. 



" Pink, black, and white speckled. A day-flier apparently : 

 taken on flowers in hot sunshine" (R. C.}. 



I am surprised that Mr. Crawshay did not recognize this as a 

 rare British moth, usually known as the "Crimson-speckled 

 Footman." 



114. LOPERA CROCATA, var. ? 



Liparis crocata, Herrich-Schaffer, Ausl. Schmett. pi. 24. fig. 112 

 (1854). 



c? , Kondowi, Lower Nyika, April 6th, 1895. 



" Eaw silk-coloured Ermine " (R. C.). 



The single example obtained appears to have been at some time 

 very wet, so that it is impossible to decide whether or not there 

 have been any of the scarcely deeper bands across the primaries 

 which a lens shows plainly on the front wings of L. crocata ; the 

 orange spot at the end of the cell is more regularly circular than 

 in most examples and is not dotted with black. Until better 

 specimens are received, it is not safe to assume that we have to do 

 with a species distinct from L. crocata. 



115. A LIMACODID MOTH. 



The single specimen obtained was a female, not quite perfect : 

 the neuration is slightly unusual, veins 7 and 8 of the front wings 

 being emitted, from a footstalk, from 9. The sexes of some of the 

 Limacodidae differ so much from the males, that it is hardly safe 

 to name an unpaired female, as it may subsequently prove to be 

 merely the other sex of some well-known male insect. 



$ /Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 



" Eggar moth " (R. C.). 



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