1893.] british cbnteal afeica. 659 



76. AijJesa. ntassa. 



Alcena nyassa, Hewitson, Ent. Mo. Mag. xiv. p. 6 (1877). 

 $ . Alcena major, Oberthiir, Etudes, livr. xii, p. 7, pi. 2. fig. 5 

 (1888). 



Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. 



It is a singular thing that, at the time when M. Oberthiir 

 described and figured his A. hauttecoeuri and A. major and made 

 the observation, — " Jusqu'a present on ne connaissait d'autre espece 

 du genre Alcena que VAmazoula, Bdv., de Natal," — one of these 

 species had already been described eleven years, as A.nijassa, and the 

 other five years, as A. interposita : one does not wish to be severe, 

 but it looks almost as though this author had not gone over his 

 ' Zoological Records ' with any great care. 



76 a. AL^af A htassa, var. ocheacea. 



Similar in pattern to the type, but the belt across the centre of 

 the wings buff-coloured in the male and wider than in the typical 

 form ; that of the female cream-coloured, wider on costa than in 

 the typical female, and less inarched ; wings below suffused with 

 buff. Expanse of wings, cS 31-36 millim, $ 35-36 millim. 



Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. 



It is just possible that this may prove to be distinct from 

 A. nyassa, but I am rather inclined to believe it to be a dimorphic 

 form corresponding with the ochreous male of A. hiterjiosita, 

 figured by M. Oberthiir as the male of his A. hauttecoeuri. 



77. Al^ita AMAzorrLA. 



Alcfna amazoula, Boisduval, Voy. de Deleg. ii. p. 591 (1849). 

 Zomba, July 1892. 



78. TrtfGEA AMEKAIDA. 



Pentila amenaida, Hewitson, Exot. Butt, v., Pent. & Lipt. pi. 2. 

 figs. 4-7 (1873). 

 • Zomba, July 1892. 



Var. Base of primaries dusky ; secondaries smoky brown, with 

 black spots and borders as usual. 



Zomba, July and December 1892. 



79. LAOHNOCiraiatA BrBUtus. 



Hesperia hibulus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 307, n. 163 

 (1793). 

 Zomba, July and December 1892. 

 This species varies considerably in size. 



80. HtEETTS L1KGET7S. 



Papilio lingeus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. ccclxxix. E, G- (1782). 

 Zomba, July 1892. 



