1898.] FROM NVASA-LAND. 843 



Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4lh, 1896. 



The only objection which I can see to O. ohumhrata {-^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 O. letterstedti. 



120. Andeonymus philai^deb. 



PampJiila ^Inlander, HopfEer, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 

 1855, p. 643; Peters' Eeise nach Mossamb., Zool. v. p. 416, 

 pi. xxvii. figs. 1. 2 (1862). 



? 5 , Mtarabwi IliU, W. of Lake Nyasa, Teh. 22nd, 1896. 



" Large darlt yellow ova " (It. C). 



I am very glad that Dr. Holland has made this the type of a 

 new genus ; it was quite out of place in Acleros. 



Hbtbeocbra. 



121. CePIIONODES IITLAS. 



Sphinx hylas, Liunasus, Mantissa, i. p. 539 (1771). 

 d 2 , Deep Bay, Feb. 16th and March 10th, 1896. 

 " Frequents the beds of Azineas in the fort, but is not 

 plentiful " {li. C). 



The female contained " bright emerald-green ova."' 



122. Maoeoglossa troohiloides. 



Macroglossa troohiloides, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 5. 

 Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1896, 

 A beautiful and perfectly typical example of this race. 



123. Basiothea ibeicus. 



S2)hin.v idricw, Drui-y, 111. Nat. Hist. iii. pi. 2. fig. 2 (1773). 

 2 , Deep Bay, Feb. 18th, 1896. 

 "Day-flyer: emerald-green ova" {li. C). 



The most perfect specimen that I have seen of this tiny green- 

 winged Hawk-moth. 



124. CutEeooampa eson, var. geacius. 



Chcerocampa gracilis, Butler, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 8, pi. ii. fig. 2. 

 2 , Deep Bay, Feb. 22nd, 1S96. 

 " Light sea-green ova " {li. C). 



Chiefly differs from the Southern form (typical C. eson) in its 

 narrower wings, with more oblique outer margin. 



125. Xantuospiloptbbyx peudix. 

 Eusemia pcrdix, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 668. 



Eusemia eoa, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, p. 123 ; 

 Novit. Lepid. pi. xi. fig. 1 (1892). 

 2 , Deep Bay, Feb. 11th, 1896. 



