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Show 1875.] SPECIES OF SPHINGIDcE. 15 black bars, the first three broadly interrupted in the middle ; anal tuft red-brown; antennae testaceous: wings below altogether paler and browner than above, the transverse white streak and basal points of primaries absent, discocellular point smaller, secondaries crossed by three central brown lines; body below sordid whitish, pectus greyish. Expanse of wings 4 inches 1 line. "Boma, Feb. 1873" (Monteiro). Type, B.M. This handsome new species is allied to N. eenopion ; it was the only example taken, and was, I believe, captured by Mrs. Monteiro, after whom I have named it. 31. NEPHELE VARIEGATA, n. sp. Primaries-base of wings grey-brown, varied with clay-Golour, with two discoidal whitish dots, bounded externally by an irregular transverse grey-clouded whitish band, divided through the centre by a blackish line; a broad central oblique greyish brown band, varied with clay-colour, bounded on each side by two irregular black lines and constricted in the middle; three silver spots at end of cell; immediately beyond the central band is a narrower band, whitish at costa, otherwise grey, intersected and bounded externally by lunated blackish lines ; discal area ochreous towards costa, otherwise dark brown varied with clay-colour, a very irregular undulated submarginal blackish line bordered externally by a grey line ; outer margin reddish brown; secondaries olive-green, outer margin (except at anal angle) with a broad brown border tapering from costa to sub-median nervure; fringe testaceous: body dark brown, pterygodes tipped with pale yellow scales; abdomen with six broad transverse lateral black bars separated by pale yellow lines; primaries below brown, dull olivaceous at base, crossed at the middle by an oblique nebulous dark brown bar, disk crossed by two waved undulated dark brown lines, and an arched undulated submarginal line ; a white discocellular point; secondaries pale olivaceous, with the outer margin brown, three central undulated and a submarginal irregular dark brown lines ; body greyish brown, palpi paler. Expanse of wings 3 inches 7 lines. Congo (Bichardson), Africa (Milne). Type, B.M. This is Z. peneus (part.) of Walker, Z. funebris, Boisd. (nee Fabricius). Subfamily S M E R I N T H I N C E. Genus L E U C O P H L E B I A , Westwood. 32. L E U C O P H L E B I A ROSACEA, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 4.) cS . Allied to L. lineata ; primaries dull glossy rose-colour, a broad ochreous streak parallel to costa, broadest opposite external angle, and acutely pointed at each end; an oblique submedian basal ochreous streak, median branches silver; fringe golden ; secondaries deep ochreous, fringe testaceous; body-palpi and vertex chocolate-brown, back of head and sides of thorax pale sordid rose-colour; centre of thorax chocolate-brown ; abdomen pale brown; antennae cream-coloured above, ferruginous below ; wings below as in L. |