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Show 1894.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 583 142. MACROGLOSSA TROCHILOIBES. Macroglossa trochiloides, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 5. n. 6. Ngatana. 143. CH.EROCAMPA CELERIO. Sp>hinx celerio, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 800 (1767). One worn example at Alng'aria. 144. JEGOCERA MENETA. Noctua meneta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. lxx. D (1775). One worn example from Kinani. 145. iEGOCERA TRICOLOR. AZgocera tricolor, Druce, Ent. Month. Mag. xx. p. 155 (1883). One fairly good female, without record of exact locality, but probably from the Sabaki Valley. 146. CHARILINA AMABILIS. Noctua 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 C. amabilis are replaced by pale brown, almost like dead gold; the markings are absolutely normal in pattern. 147. EUCHROMIA AFRICANA. Euchromia africana, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 364. No record of exact locality ; probably Sabaki Valley. 148. DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA. Tinea pulchella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 534. n. 238 (1758). No record of exact locality ; probably Sabaki Valley. 149. ARGINA CINGULIFERA. Deiopeia cingulifera, Walker, Lep. Het. ii. p. 569 (1854). Var. Deiopeia ocellina, Walker, 1. c. p. 571 (1854). Ndoli. 150. G H O R I A 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 head brownish; abdomen golden ochreous. Primaries below leaden grey, with costal and external borders golden ochreous ; secondaries and body below golden ochreous. Expanse of wings 37 millim. Platform on Kikuyu Escarpment, Kedong. |