1894,] moii BRITISH east africa. 585 



Steppes of the Thika-Shika ; steppes between Athi and Thika, 

 and Kavakiki Valley, Ukamba. 



It is quite possible that this may be only a variety of Walker's 

 S. str{f/ala = h>/meii(ea, Gerst. ; but, hitherto, intermediate links 

 between the two forms have not been received, and therefore, for 

 the present, I prefer to keep them separate ; at the same time tlie 

 difference between them is no greater than between individual 

 examples of S. parvlinmcta. 



158. Leptosoma R£STRicTr.\r, sp. n. 



Allied to L. leiiconce, of which it appears to be an Eastern 

 representative ; it differs in having the band of primaries pure 

 semitransparent white, without the strong indentations on the 

 veins which are present in L. leucouoe \ the white area of the 

 secondaries much more restricted, owing to the considerably 

 greater width of the external black border. Expanse of wings 

 49 millim. 



Sabaki Valley. 



AVe hnve a male from Wasiu in the Museum ; it is slightly 

 smaller than female examples, but otherwise similar in pattern and 

 coloration. 



159. Lacipa gracilis. 



S 2 . Lacipa c/racUis, Hopffer, in Peters's Ri?ise nach Mossamb. 

 pi. xxviii. figs. 4, 5. 



c? , Tzavo, at night ; J , var. Sabaki Valley. 

 The female example has lost ail the black spots on the primaries 

 and is larger than in Hopffer's figure, but I believe it to be a 

 simple variety. 



160. PSAIIS SECTRIS. 



PsaJis s^c?<m, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Sclimett. Zutr. figs. 291 , 

 292. 



Sabaki Valley. 



Does not differ at all from Ceylonese examples. 



1()1. Ltmais'tria, sp. 



A single example, probably from the Sabaki Valley, of a species 

 new to us ; but it is without head, and is too much worn for 

 certain determination. 



1G2. Heterastaphe, sp. 



One very rubbed exainple of a species which I have hitherto 

 been unable to identify ; it is not good ejiough to describe. 

 Mbololo, near summit, 5600 feet elevation. 



Phasic'?<"EC'US, gen. nov. {Laslocamindce). 



Aspect of Lemonia, but differing entirely in neuration. Costal 

 vein of primaries normal ; discoidal cell short and narrow, 



