1910.] MOTHS FROM NORTHERN RHODESIA. 463 



E. Luangwa di.str., upper Luangwa valley, Chinsali distr., Kalun- 



gwisi valley, Fort Jameson ; S. Rhodesia, Feira ; Portuguese E. 

 Africa, Nyanji. 



Macroglossin^. 



Nephele vau Wlk.viii. 197 (1856). 

 N.E. Rhodesia, Fort Jameson. 



Nephele comma Pffr. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 421 

 (1857). 



N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr., Fort Jameson, Bangweolo 

 distr. 



Nephele argentifera Wlk. viii. 194 (1856). 

 Germ. E. Africa, Dar-es- Salaam. 



Temnora elegaxs Roths. Iris, vii. p. 298 (1894) ; subsp. polia 

 Roths. Nov. Zool. xi. p. 437 (1904). 



N.E. Rhodesia, Lake Bangweolo, Serenji distr. 



Macroglossum trochilus Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. ii p 158 

 (1827). 



Congo, Katanga, Kambove ; N.E. Rhodesia, Serenji distr., 

 E. Luangwa distr., Chambezi valley, Chinsali distr., Lake Ban- 

 gweolo, Tanganyika plateau, Mansya R. 



Leucostrophus hiruxdo Gerst. Arch. Natilrg. xxxvii. p. 360 

 (1871). 



N.E. Rhodesia, Serenji distr., E. Luangwa distr., Petauke 

 distr. ; S. Rhodesia, Feira. 



Pergesin.e. 



Basiothia medea Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 143 (1781). 

 N.E. Rhodesia, Serenji distr., Fort Jameson. 



Hippotion osiris Dalm. Anal. Entom. p. 48 (1823). 

 N.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr. 



[Hippotion osiris Dalm. As I have pointed out (Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. 1905, p. xxiii), the larva of this species successfully imposes 

 upon the natives by its terrifying appearance. It is one of the 

 few species of Sphingid larvae that the natives of the Luangwa 

 valley do not eat and consider a delicacy. — S. A. N.] 



Hippotion celerio Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 491 1758). 

 N.E. Rhodesia, Serenji distr. 



