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Show 1896.] FROM NYASALAND. 135 110. SYNTOMIS CERES. Syntomis ceres, Oberthiir, Etudes, iii. p. 33, pi. 3. fig. 5 (1878). Kambwiyi R., Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st and Feb. 2nd, 1895. " Scarlet and blue-bodied Forester " (R. ft). 111. METARCTIA RUBRA. Anace rubra, Walker, Lep. Het. vii. p. 1720 (1856). 3, Kaparo, Songwi R. plains, W . coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 26th, 1895. " Orange and grey striped Ermine " (22. ft). 112. ARGINA AMANDA, Var. OCELLINA. Deiopeia ocellina, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. ii. p. 571 (1854). $, Kwereru Hill, Deep Bay, April 22nd, 1895. "Orange and black spotted. Full of lemon-coloured ova" (22. ft). 113. DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA. Tinea pulchella, Linna?us, Syst. Nat. i. p. 534 (1758). Deep Bay, March 5th, 1895. " Pink, black, and white speckled. A day-flier apparently : taken on flowers in hot sunshine" (R. ft). I am surprised that Mr. Crawshay did not recognize this as a rare British moth, usually known as the " Crimson-speckled Footman." 114. LOPERA CROCATA, var. ? Liparis crocata, Herrich-Schaffer. Ausl. Schmett. pi. 24. fig. 112 (1854). 3, Kondowi, Lower Nyika, April 6th, 1895. " Raw silk-coloured Ermine " (R. ft). The single example obtained appears to have been at some time very wet, so that it is impossible to decide whether or not there have been any of the scarcely deeper bands across the primaries which a lens shows plainly on the front wings of L. crocata; the orange spot at the end of the cell is more regularly circular than in most examples and is not dotted with black. Until better specimens are received, it is not safe to assume that we have to do with a species distinct from L. crocata. 115. A LIMACODID MOTH. The single specimen obtained was a female, not quite perfect: the neuration is slightly unusual, veins 7 and 8 of the front wings being emitted, from a footstalk, from 9. The sexes of some of the Limacodida? differ so much from the males, that it is hardly safe to name an unpaired female, as it may subsequently prove to be merely the other sex of some well-known male insect. 2 , Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1895. " Eggar moth " (R. ft). |