674 dr. a. g. btjtleb on lepidoptera prom [nov. 7, 



Heterooera. 



None of these were obtained by Mr. Crawshay, but Mr. Whyte's 

 collection contained a fair series. 



155. Cephonodes htlas. 



SpJiinx hylas, Linnaeus, Mant. i. p. 539 (1771). 

 Zomba, January 1893. 



156. AeLLOPTJS HIRUTiTDO. 



Macroglossa hirundo, Gerstacker, Arch. Nat. xxxvii. p. 360(1871). 

 Zomba, December 1892. 



157. Chl^rocampa osiris. 



Beilephila osins, Dalman, Analecta Entom. p. 48, n. 21 (1823). 

 Zomba, July 1892. 



158. NePHBLE FTmEBRIS. 



Sphinx funehris, Fabricius, Ent, Syst. iii. p. 371, n. 47 (1793). 

 Zomba, January 1893. 



159. j^GOCERA MENETA. 



Noctua meneta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. Ixx. D (1775). 

 Zomba, July and December 1892 and January 1893. 



160. ^GOCERA EEBVIDA. 



J]]gocera fervida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 57, n. 4 (1854) ; 

 Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. i. p. 12, pi. 5. fig. 1 (1877). 



Zomba, December 1892. 



A single worn example, with the outer border of the secondaries 

 of half the usual width and tapering to anal angle. 



161. Charilina amabilis. 



Noctua amahiliff, Drury, El. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 13. fig. 3 (1773). 

 Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. 

 The outer border of the secondaries slightly narrower than 

 usual. 



162. Xanthospilopteryx superba. 



Eusemia superha, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xv. 

 p. 141, pi. 13. fig. 3 (1875). 

 Zomba, July 1892. 



163. Syntomis ceres. 



Syntomis ceres, Oberthiir, Etudes, iii. p. 33, pi. 3. fig. 5 (1878). 



Zomba, July 1892. 



Evidently a common species : it differs from S. Jaihliveinii in its 

 larger hyaline spots ; this distinction, though apparently un- 

 important, seems to be quite constant. 



