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Show 584 DR. A. G. BUTLER O N LEPIBOPTERA [June 19, 151. LITHOSIA?, sp. One much damaged example of a species with coarsely pectinated antennae; probably new, but not in condition to describe. Ukikuya. 152. RHANIPOPHORA PHEOONIA. Bomhyx phedonia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxlvii. C (1782). Alng'aria: Maka. Two much-damaged examples were obtained. Single examples of Nolidce and Sarrothripince in poor condition are also in the collection, including one specimen of a species of Siccia allied to S. caffra. With one exception, these are without exact localities ; therefore probably from the Sabaki Valley. 153. S^NURA LINE AT A. Spilosoma lineata, Walker, Lep. Het. iii. p. 672. n. 17 (1855). No exact locality recorded ; probably Sabaki Valley. 154. ALPENUS PURUS. Alpenus purus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 382. Two examples from Njempo. 155. TERACOTONA SUBMACULA, var. RHOBOPH^A. Spilosoma submacula, Walker, Lep. Het. iii. p. 672. n. 15(1855). Var. Aha rhodophcea, Walker, 1. c. Suppl. i. p. 302 (1864). No exact locality recorded ; probably Sabaki Valley. It is just possible that T. rhodophcea may prove to be a constant local form : the chief differences from typical T. submacula consist in the absence of the black discocellular spot on the upper surface of the primaries, the white variegation of these wings, and the uniformly rosy ground-colour of the secondaries ; this last character is, however, shared by a specimen from Natal, to which I gave the name of T. roseata. 156. PLERETES TIGRIS. Hypercompa tic/ris, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xii. p. 106. n. 13 (1883). No exact locality recorded ; probably Sabaki Valley. The three specimens obtained are all more or less damaged ; they differ from the types in the much broader leaden-grey bands, the more creamy ground-colour of the primaries, and the deeper orange of the secondaries. 157. SECUSIO PARVIPUNCTA. Secusio parvipuncta, Hampson, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. viii. p. 46, pi. 139. fig. 6. Secusio strigata, Hampson (? Walker), Fauna of Brit. India, Moths, vol. ii! p. 50. n. 1272, fig. 2!i. |