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Fam. LyCjEnice. 



Alpena amazoula Boisd. 



I took this insect abundantly in the Luangwa valley, i.-iii. 

 It chiefly frequents hillsides where there is some open woodland 

 and short grasses. 



Alpena aurantiaca Butler. 



A single female of this rare species was taken in May, to the 

 east of Lake Bangweolo. It seems to be a distinct species from 

 A. hauttecoeuri Oberth. 



Al.ena nyass.e Hew. 



This species is not uncommon in the Luangwa valley and to 

 the east of it, especially in the Fort Jameson district. It only 

 occurs during the wet season. It has much the same habits 

 as amazoula, and where it occurs at all is usually in fair 

 numbers. 



Alpena reticulata Butler. 



I captured two individuals of this species in the upper Luangwa 

 valley, 17.iii.08. 



Al.<ena oberth uri Auriv. 



I took three individuals of this species in the Lualaba valley, 

 iv. 1907. It is very inconspicuous on the wing and flies very near 

 the ground, 



Telipna nyanza. 



Telipna nyanza Neave, ~Rov. Zool. 1904, p. 335, pi. i. fig. 19. 

 I took two specimens of this species in dense forest on the 

 Lubudi and Lufupa rivers, x. and xi. 



Pentila amenaida Hew. 



A very abundant insect in most localities during the wet 

 season. It frequents woodland and wooded hills and has a 

 weak but steady flight. 



It is a highly variable species especially in the presence or 

 absence of many of the spots, A few individuals have more or- 

 less, sometimes the whole, of the secondaries suffused with dusky 

 on the upper surface. 



Pentila amenaidoides Holl. 



One specimen captured at Kambove, iv., which I refer with 

 some doubt to this species. 



Pentila peucetia Hew. 



I captured one individual of this species at Petauke in the 

 Luangwa valley, i., and subsequently five others near Kambove, iii. 



It is a very conspicuous insect with a weak flight. It often 

 sits on a more or less exposed twig with wings folded above it. 



