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capensis, with its bright pink under wings, extends from the Cape to 
Natal and Zulu Land. A new species, closely allied to this last insect, 
was captured by Mr. Oates, which may be thus described : — 
Chcerocampa VIRGO, Westw. (Plate E, fig. ii.) 
Alba albido vix tincta, alis posticis plaga fere basali ovali punicea ; 
omnibus subtus omnino concoloribus. Expans. alar, antic, fere unc. 3. 
Habitat prope Gubuleweyo vel Gwailo fluv. 
The Genus Nephele, Hiibner {Zonilia, Boisduval), contains several 
South African species, e.g. Spliinx Peiietis, Cramer ; finnosa, Boisdu- 
val ; comma, Gerstaecker ; viridescens, Walker, and the beautiful ai-geii- 
tifera, Walker. Several species of the silver-striped hawk-moths occur 
n South Africa, as Ch(£rocainpa Charts, Boisduval ; Schenkii, Mosch- 
ler ;, Thyelia, Linn. {Eson, Cramer), etc. The lovely Smerinthus Dti- 
molinii, Boisduval, is from Natal. The clear-winged Sesia Hylas, 
Linnaeus, was captured at Gubuleweyo. And lastly, it may be 
mentioned that the Rev. H. Rowley sent the Macroglossa hifimdo, 
Gerstaecker in Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika, pi. 15, fig. 7, from the 
Zambesi. 
It may also be mentioned as a remarkable circumstance in ento- 
mological geography that the grand Urania {Chrysiridia) RJiiphetts, 
supposed until quite recently to be confined to Madagascar, and to be 
the only old world representative of the splendid new world Uranice, 
has been found on the east coast of Africa, near Zanzibar. Ger- 
staecker has figured the continental individual as a distinct species, 
bufspecimens which I have examined appear not to differ specifically 
from the Madagascar ones. 
Family ZVG^NID^. 
In this family a beautiful species of Zygcena, closely allied to the 
very striking Z. ochroptera, Felder, was taken at Tati, which may be 
thus characterised : — 
Zyg^na tricolorata, Westw. 
Chalybea, humeris alisque anticis aurantiacis, harum margine 
apicali nigro ; alis posticis sanguineis limbo nigro ante angulum 
analem desinente. Expans. alar, antic, unc. i, lin. 5. 
Obs. Z. ochroptera, Felder, differt colore alarum limboque nigro 
multo angustiori. 
Another species from Gubuleweyo is allied to Felder's Eiicteiiia 
ZygcBJioides (pi. 82, f. 21), but has the sanguineous portion of the hind 
wings divided by a transverse black band. On the under side the 
white spots at the base and middle of the fore wings are sanguineous. 
The beautiful South African species, Z. caff7'a, Linn., ampla, 
Walker, concinna. Walker (Delagoa Bay), and especially Z. negamica, 
from Damara Land and Lake Nyassa, require careful examination as 
to their generic position. Several species of Procris and Syjitomis 
were also taken by Mr. Oates. 
