1S94.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 5S3 



142. MA.CROGLOSSA TROCUILOIDES. 



Macrorjlossa trochiloides, Butlex*, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 5. n. 6. 

 Xgatana. 



143. Chjerocampa celerio. 



Sphinx celerio, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 800 (1767). 

 One worn example at Alng'aria. 



144. JEgocera mexeta. 



Noetua meneta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. lxx. D (1775). 

 One worn example from Kinani. 



145. tEgocera tricolor. 



sEgocera tricolor, Druce, Eut. Month. Mag. xx. p. 155 (1883). 

 One fairly good female, without record of exact locality, but 

 probably from the Sabaki Valley. 



146. Charilixa amabilis. 



Noetua amabilis, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. ii. pi. 13. fig. 3 (1773). 



Ngatana. 



Either all the specimens are uniformly faded, or they represent 

 a distinct race in which the whole of the black and red of typical 

 0. amahilis are replaced by pale brown, almost like dead gold; the 

 markings are absolutely normal in pattern. 



147. EUCHROMIA AFRICAN'A. 



Euchromia africana, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xh. p. 364. 

 No record of exact locality ; probably Sabaki Valley. 



148. Deiopeia pulchella. 



Tinea pulcltella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 534. n. 238 (175S). 

 No record of exact locality ; probably Sabaki Valley. 



149. Argina cixgulifera. 



Deiopeia cingulifera, Walker, Lep. llet. ii. p. 569 (1854). 

 Yar. Deiopeia ocellina, Walker, 1. c. p. 571 (1854). 

 Ndoli. 



150. Ghoria nigricostata, sp. n. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 5.) 



Primaries dull silvery white with golden reflections ; costal 

 margin black: secondaries pale golden buff ; thorax above silvery, 

 vertex of bead brownish ; abdomen golden ochi'eous. Primaries 

 below leaden grey, with costal and external borders golden ochreous ; 

 secondaries and body below golden ochreous. Expanse of wings 

 37 millim. 



Platform on Kiknyu Escarpment, Kedong. 



