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Show 1894.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 591 The Pyralidce are poorly represented by about a dozen species in worn condition. 199. PYRALIS, sp. A single damaged specimen of a species apparently distinct from any in the Museum; probably most nearly related to P. ocellalis. Sabaki Valley. 200. U P E A MARTIALIS. Scopula martialis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 398. n. 517. Camp below the old ice-fall, Mount Kenya, 10,500 feet; upper bamboo zone, 9000 feet ; lower bamboo zone, 8000 feet; Ndoro, steppes at base of Kenya, 7000 feet; Karati and Kithungulu, Ukikuya. 201. EUPIOPTES INPICA. Eudioptes inclica, Saunders, Zoologist, ix. p. 3070 (1851). Ngatana. 202. HYPRIRIS ORNATALIS. Asopia ornatalis, Duponchel, Lep. viii. 2, p. 207, pi. 223. fig. 8. Nzoai. 203. DUPONCHELIA FOVEALIS. Duponchelia fovealis, Zeller, Isis, 1847, p. 588. Sabaki Valley. 204. COPTOBASIS, sp. A single example of a species near C. tricolor in poor condition. Karati, Ukikuya. 205. H Y M E N I A RECURVALIS. Phalcena recurvalis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 237. n. 407. Mkonumbi and Njempo. 206. BOCCHORIS INSPERSALIS. Botys inspersalis, Zeller, Caffr. p. 33. Sabaki Valley. 207. PARAMORPHA, sp. ? One much-rubbed example of a species probably referable to this genus. Kithungulu. 208. ANTIGASTRA CATALAUNALIS. Botys catalaunalis, Duponchel, Lep. viii. p. 330, pi. 232. fig. 8, Sabaki Valley. |