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northern shore of the Brunei River, north Borneo. The female is considerably larger 

 than the male. The species is new to science and is closely related to D. actinias Turner 

 from Queensland. 



Revell, R. J. — A selection of moths captured in Europe and Africa, the majority 

 on the British List as rare residents, occasional migrants or species of dubious status. 

 Ctenuchidae: Syntomis phegea L. and Dysauxes ancilla L. from Slovenia. 

 Geometridae: Scopula immorata L. from Valais, Switzerland, 5. nigropunctata Hufn. 

 from France, Peribatodes secundaria Esp. and Siona lineata Scop, from Valais. 

 Lasiocampidae: Malacosoma castrensis L. from French Pyrenees. Nolidae: Nola 

 chlamitulalis Hiibn. from SW France. Noctuidae: Pachetra sagittigera Hufn., 

 Eriopygodes imbecilla F., Syngrapha interrogationis L. from Valais; Athetis hospes 

 Freyer, Eublemma purpurina D.& S., Acontia lucida Hufn., Dysgonia algira L. from 

 SW France; Trachea atriplicis L. and Valeria jaspidea de Vill. from France; 

 Helicoverpa armigera Hiibn. from Namibia. 



Robinson, G. S., Truck, K. R. & Shaffer, M.— A poster display depicting the 

 compilation of material for a forthcoming Field guide to the smaller moths ofSouth- 

 EastAsia, to be published in Malaysia by the Malaysian Nature Society early in 1994. 

 The display included samples of text and of the colour and half-tone illustrations. 

 Between 1981 and 1993, collections were made in Nepal, Thailand, W. Malaysia, 

 Borneo (Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak), Sulawesi, Seram and New Guinea by members 

 of staff of the British Museum (Natural History). More than 30,000 specimens were 

 collected and details of host-plants, geographical and altitudinal range, morphology 

 and variation were thus obtained. From over 7000 species obtained, a representative 

 selection of 650 was made to include pest species, common and conspicuous species, 

 representatives of the more diverse genera, and species for which information on life 

 history was available. 



Using modern desk-top publishing methods and high-quality camera-ready copy, 

 the book will be made available in SE Asia at an affordable price. It will open up 

 new areas of study in insect diversity by specialists and non-specialists in developing 

 countries and will contribute substantially to awareness of small moths as an important 

 component of tropical ecosystems. 



Waring, P. — Two drawers of Sphingidae recorded between January 1981 

 and March 1983 at Nyany camp, Jonglei Province, southern Sudan. Nyany is an old 

 Dinka cattle-camp some 80 km north of Bor and 10 km east of Jonglei village. 

 It is an area of open grassland about 1 1 km east of the permanent swamp system 

 of the Sudd, scattered with termite mounds. The few trees and shrubs present are 

 mainly confined to the termitaria. A standard Robinson moth trap with 125 W m.v. 

 bulb was operated most nights from dusk to around 2300 hrs, and nectariferous 

 flowers were searched by day and at dusk. The exhibitor expressed his gratitude 

 to Dr I. J. Kitching of the Natural History Museum, London for help in 

 checking identifications and current nomenclature. The following species were shown. 

 Agrius convolvuli L., Acherontia atropos L., Xanthopan morgani Walk., 

 Polyptychoides niloticus niloticus Jordan, Cephonodes hylas virescens Wallengren, 

 Daphnis nerii L., Nephele vau Walk., N. comma Hopffer including F. derasa 

 Rothschild & Jordan, N. peneus Cram, (only seen in Juba, capital city of southern 

 Sudan), N. accentifera Palisot de Beauvois, Hyles livornica Esp., Basiothia medea 

 F., Euchloron megaera L., Hippotion osiris Dalman, H. celerio L., H. eson Cram., 

 H. balsaminae Walk., H. rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, Macroglossum trochilus Hiibn 

 (seen near Gilo in the Imatong Mts), Sataspes inf emails Westw., a carpenter bee mimic 

 (Plate I, Fig. 14). 



