1896.] FROM NYASA-LAND. 84*5 



Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1890. 



The only objection which I can see to G. obumbrata (~hottentot(i) 

 being a form of the above species, is the presence of a well-defined 

 brand on the primaries of the male : no trace of this brand is 

 visible on any of our examples of either the yellowish or the 

 smoky-brown variety of G. letterstedti. 



120. AKDRONYMUS PHILANDER. 



Pamphila philander, Hopffer, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 

 1855, p. 043; Peters' Reise nach Mossamb., Zool. v. p. 410, 

 pi. xxvii. figs. 1. 2 (1802). 



$ $ , Mtambwi Jlill, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 22nd, 1890. 



" Large dark yellow ova " (R. G.}. 



I am very glad that Dr. Holland has made this the type of a 

 new genus ; it was quite out of place in Acleros. 



HETEROCERA. 



121. CEPHONODES IIYLAS. 



Sphinx hylas, Linna3us, Mantissa, i. p. 539 (1771). 

 rf 2 , Deep Bay, Feb. 10th and March 10th, 1890. 

 " Frequents the beds of Asineas in the fort, but is not 

 plentiful " (It. C.). 



The female contained " bright emerald-green ova.'' 



122. MACROGLOSSA TEOCHILOIDES. 



Macroylossa trochiloides, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 5. 

 Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1890. 

 A beautiful and perfectly typical example of this race. 



123. BASIOTKEA IDRICUS. 



Sphinx idricus, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. iii. pi. 2. fig. 2 (1773). 

 $ , Deep Bay, Feb. 18th, 1890. 

 " Day-flyer : emerald-green ova " (R. C.). 



The most perfect specimen that I have seen of this tiny green- 

 winged Hawk-moth. 



124. ClLIROCAMPA ESON, var. GRACILIS. 



Chccrocatnpa (jracilis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 8, pi. ii. fig. 2. 

 $ , Deep Bay, Feb. 22nd, 1890. 

 "Light sea-green ova" (It. C.}. 



Chiefly differs from the Southern form (typical C. eson) in its 

 narrower wings, with more oblique outer margin. 



125. XANTIIOSPILOPTERYX PERDIX. 



Eusemia perdix, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 008. 

 Easemia coa, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, p. 123 ; 

 Xovit. Lepid. pi. xi. fig. 1 (1892). 

 $ , Deep Bay, Feb. llth, 1890. 



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