338 SIR GEORGE F. IJAMP30N ON [Mar. 1 , 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Zoological Collections from Northern Rhodesia and 

 adjacent Territories : Lepldoptera Plialcence. By Sir 

 George F. Hampson, Bart., F.Z.S. 



[Received January 21, 1910.] 



(Plates XXXVI.-XLI.*) 



The collection of Moths made by Mr. S. A. Neave during his 

 two journeys in Central Africa was, with the exception of a few 

 species taken in Portuguese E. Africa on his journey homewards, 

 entirely from the X. "Western and X. Eastern districts of 

 X. Rhodesia and the adjacent Katanga district of the Congo Free 

 State. As the country is of moderate elevation without either 

 high ranges of mountains or deep river valleys, the Moth fauna 

 has a very uniform tropical African character with no mountain 

 forms or forms of the faunas of the drier parts of either Southern 

 or Northern Africa, and is mainly of a West African type together 

 with a considerable number of forms found in East Africa and 

 Mashonaland. The collection consists of 668 species, exclusive of 

 a tew Pterophoridce, Tortricidce, and Tineidce which are not in- 

 cluded, and of these 202 species are described as new ; as follows : 



Syntomidoe 21 species, 5 new. 



Arctiadce 21 ,, 8 ,, 



Agaristidce 29 ,, 7 ,, 



JSfocttddm 253 „ 86 „ 



Pterothysanidce 5 ,, 1 ',, 



Lymantriadce 34 ,, 9 ,, 



Hypsidce 12 ,, 3 ,, 



Sphingidce 19 ,, 2 ,, 



Eupterotid,ce 7 „ 2 ,, 



Notodontidce 6 ,, 2. ,, 



Geoinetridce 1 03 ,, 20 ,, 



Satumiadce 14 „ 



Sabediadce 1 ,, 



Uremiadce 4 ,, 



Arbelidee 1 ,, 



Cossidce 3 ,, 1 ,, 



Lasiocampidce 10 , , 3 „ 



Ghrysopolomidce 3 „ 2 ,, 



Limaeodidce 11 ,, 6 ,, 



Zygcenidce 14 ,, 8 ,, 



Thyrididce 1 ,, 1 ,, 



Pyralidce 87 „ 28 „ 



yEgeriadce 6 ,, 6 ,, 



Hepicdidce 3 ,, 2 ,, 



* For explanation of the Plates see p. 508. 



