1896. ] FROM NYASA-LAND. 843 
Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1896. 
The only objection which I can see to G. obwmbrata ( =hottentota) 
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. lettersteditz. 
120. ANDRONYMUS PHILANDER. 
Pamphila philander, Hopfier, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 
1855, p. 643; Peters’ Reise nach Mossamb., Zool. v. p. 416, 
pl. xxvii. figs. 1. 2 (1862). 
@ 2, Mtambwi Hill, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 22nd, 1896. 
‘«« Large dark yellow ova” (R. C.). 
IT 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 HYLAS. 
Sphinx hylas, Linneus, Mantissa, i. p. 539 (1771). 
3 2, Deep Bay, Feb. 16th and March 10th, 1896. 
““Frequents the beds of Azineas in the fort, but is not 
plentiful ” (2. C.). 
The female contained “ bright emerald-green ova.” 
122. MacroGLossa TROCHILOIDES. 
Macroglessa trochiloides, Butler, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 5. 
Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1896. 
A beautiful and perfectly typical example of this race. 
123. BasIorHEA IDRICTS. 
Sphinx idricus, Drury, Il. Nat. Hist. ui. pl. 2. fig. 2 (1773). 
2, Deep Bay, Feb. 18th, 1896. 
** Day-flyer: emerald-green ova” (R. C.). 
The most perfect specimen that I have seen of this tiny green- 
winged Hawk-moth. 
124. CH#ROCAMPA ESON, var. GRACILIS. 
Cherocampa gracilis, Butler, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 8, pl. ii. fig. 2. 
2, Deep Bay, Feb. 22nd, 1896. 
“Light sea-green ova” (2. C.). 
Chiefly differs from the Southern form (typical C. eson) in its 
narrower wings, with more oblique outer margin. 
125. XANTHOSPILOPTERYX PERDIX. 
Eusemia perdix, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1887, p. 668. 
Eusemia eoa, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, p. 123; 
Novit. Lepid. pl. xi. fig. 1 (1892). 
2, Deep Bay, Feb. 11th, 1896. 
