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88. Pseudoclanis postica Walker. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 20th December. 



89. Polyptychic FUMOsus pelops, subsp. n. (PL I. fig. 3.) 



Description. — <$ • Body and wings reddish brown with a pinkish 

 suffusion ; markings dark red-brown. Antennae pale ochreous ; 

 sides of palpi, under part of body and legs dark brown. Head 

 and thorax with a dark brown medial line. Abdomen, first two 

 somites with dark brown bands. Fore wing with two black sub- 

 basal spots at base of cell. Three antemedial oblique blackish 

 lines from costa to inner margin, the 2nd and 3rd with a brown 

 band between them. Reniform brown with dark edges. A 

 double brown postmedial line from costa, running obliquely to 

 inner margin, enclosing a darker space, and immediate!} 7 beyond 

 it an indistinct waved line. Subapical area dark red-brown as in 

 P. grayi ; a red-brown spot near anal angle. 



Hind wing red-brown ; the anal area paler with a dark striga 

 on it ending in a black anal spot. Cilia dark brow r n, with white 

 between the veins. 



Habitat. Kedai, 14th & 22nd April. Expanse 70 mm. 



This form is nearest to Polyptychus fumosus Rothschild, from 

 Ruwenzori. Its colours are, however, much richer and darker 

 than that species, as represented by Mr. Rothschild's figure, which 

 shows a pale fuscous insect without a trace of pinkish or red- 

 brown suffusion. 



This form, being moreover from a different locality, must at 

 least be a good local race of fumosus, even if not specifically 

 distinct. 



90. Ceridiamiea Rothschild. 



Habitat. Kedai, 17th December, 2 ; 29th December, g . 



A remarkable form with highly pectinated antennae of the form 

 of a small Saturnid. Mr. Rothschild had not seen the female till 

 he saw the specimen mentioned above. It only differs in its 

 larger size and less highly pectinated antennae. 



91. Lofhostethus demolini Angas. 

 Habitat. Masongaleni, 11th November. 



92. Oephonodes hylas Linmeus, subsp. vires cens Wallengren. 



Habitat. Kedai, 4th January; Masongaleni, 12th September. 



The writer has bred this species from six different forms of 

 larva? on Gardenia in Natal (Trans. Z. S. vol. xv. p. 312, April 

 1901). 



93. Nephele didyma Fabricius, Form hespera Fabricius. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 8th Januaiy. 



94. Nephele accentifera Beauvois. 

 Habitat. Msala, November. 



