674 be. a. 6. bittlee on lepidopteea peom [nov. 7, 



Heteeocbea. 



None of these were obtained by Mr. Crawshay, but ]\ir. Whyte's 

 collection contained a fail' series. 



155. Cephonodes htlas. 



SpTiinx hylas, Linnaeus, Mant. i. p. 539 (1771). 

 Zomba, January 1893. 



156. Aelloptis hieijndo. 



Macroglossa liirundo, Gerstacker, Arch. Nat. xxxvii. p. 360(1871). 

 Zomba, December 1892. 



157. Ch^eocampa osieis. 



DdlepMla osiris, Dalman, Analecta Entom. p. 48, n. 21 (1823). 

 Zomba, July 1892. 



158. Nephele ethstebeis. 



Sphinx fimehr is, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii, p. 371, n. 47 (1793). 

 Zomba, January 1893. 



159. ^GOCEEA MEinSTA. 



Noctua meneta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. Ixx. D (1775). 

 Zomba, July and December 1892 and January 1893. 



160. ^GOCEEA EERVIDA. 



JEgocera fervida, "Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 57, n. 4 (1854) ; 

 Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. i. p. 12, pi. 5. fig. 1 (1877). 



Zomba, December 1892. 



A single worn example, with the outer border of the secondaries 

 of half the usual width and tapering to anal angle. 



161. Chaejxina amabilis. 



Mctua amalilv^, Drury, lU. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 13. fig. 3 (1773). 

 Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. 

 The outer border of the secondaries slightly narrower than 

 usual. 



162. Xanthospilopteetx supeeba. 



Eusemia siqyerba, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xv. 

 p. 141, pi. 13. fig. 3 (1875). 

 Zomba, July 1892. 



163. Stntomis ceees. 



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



Zomba, July 1892. 



Evidently a common species : it differs from S. Tculiliueinii in its 

 larger hyaline spots ; this distinction, though apparently un- 

 important, seems to be quite constant. 



