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Show 18 MR. C. V. A. PEEL AND OTHERS ON [Jan. 23, DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA Linn. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, in the Haud District, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed with thickly wooded banks. Two specimens. NOCTUID^;. HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA Hiibn. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. One example. EUPLEXIA OPPOSITA Wlk. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. One example. AMYNA SELENAMPHA Guen. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. Two specimens. AMYNA OCTO Guen. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. Two specimens. TARACHE CAPPRARIA Cram. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. Two specimens. Somaliland, 1895 or 1897. One example. COSMOPHILA SABULIPERA Guen. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. One example. EUTELIA SUBAPICALIS Wlk. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. Two specimens. North-west Somaliland, Berbera, June 5-9, 1897. One example. PSEUDOPHIA OPPIA, sp. n. (Plate I. fig. 1.) Male. Head, antenna?, and collar white; thorax and tegulae pale greyish brown ; abdomen pale brown, each segment edged with white ; the underside of the thorax, abdomen, and legs white. Primaries brown, the outer margin grey ; a reddish-brown band edged with a metallic line crosses the wing about the middle from the costal to the inner margin; a short yellowish-white band at the end of the cell. Secondaries white, broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle; the fringe black and white. Expanse 1 inch. Hab. E. Somaliland: Joh, in the Haweea Country. Three specimens captured September 20, 1897. Type and co-type in the Hope Collection, co-type in the British Museum. |
