422 DB. A. G. BUTLEE ON LEPIDOPTEEA [May 17, 



Var. Oyligramma rudilinea, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1311 

 (1857). 



Var. Cyligramma limacina, Gruerin, Icon. Kegne Anim., Ins. 

 pi. 89. fig. 2, texte p. 520. 



Mgana, oth & 6th August ; three miles north of Samburu, 

 23rd October ; Taru, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, & 28th November, 

 1896. 



Three examples agreeing with C. limacina, the remainder inter- 

 mediate between the latter and C. rudilinea ; therefore typical. 

 This form of the species is new to the Museum collection. 



146. DYSGONIA ABKEGANS, var. 



Ophiusa ? dbnegans, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xv. p. 1831 (1858). 



Mgana, 27th July and 30th August, 1896. 



Neither of the two specimens obtained quite agrees with 

 Walker's type from Sierra Leone, though one is nearer than the 

 other. It is very important to secure these aberrant examples, as 

 only thus can we hope to comprehend the variability of the species 

 in this genus (which at times is considerable). I am quite satisfied 

 that D. neptunia of Holland is Walker's D. conjuncture^ and I am 

 not at all certain that D. palpalis of Walker is more than a variety 

 of the same species. 



In the Eastern specimens of D. abnegans before me the band 

 forming the inner limitation of the bicoloured central belt on the 

 primaries is less inarched at costa, though more so in one example 

 than in the other ; the subapical markings vary individually. 



147. DYSGONIA ANGULAEIS. 



Ophiusa angularis, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag., Lep. 

 p. 103, pi. 13. fig. 2. 



Mgana, 27th July, 1896 ; Mombasa, 8th January ; between Voi 

 and Ndi, 18th May, 1897. 



New to the Museum series from Eastern Africa. 



148. ACHJEA LIENAEDI. 



Ophiusa lienardi, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag., Lep. p. 102, 

 pi. 15. fig. 5. 



Taru, 20th December, 1896. 



149. GrEAMMODES STOLID A. 



Noctua stolida, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. ii. p. 218. 

 Machuma, 21st February, 1897. 

 New to the Museum from East Africa. 



150. SPHINGOMOEPHA MONTEIEONIS. 



Spiling omorpJia monteironis, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 vol. xvi. p. 406 (1875). 



Mkwajuni, 20th & 21st October ; three miles north of 

 Samburu, 23rd October ; Taru, 6th December, 1896. 

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