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Show 1896.] FROM NYASA-LAND. 843 Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1896. The only objection which I can see to G. obumbrata ( = hottentota) being a form of the above species, is the presence of a well-defined brand on the primaries of the male : no trace of this brand is visible on any of our examples of either the yellowish or the smoky-brown variety of G. letterstedti. 120. ANDRONYMUS PHILANDER. Pamphila philander, Hopffer, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855, p. 643; Peters' Reise nach Mossamb., Zool. v. p. 416, pl. xxvii. figs. 1. 2 (1862). 2 2 , Mtambwi Hill, W . of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 22nd, 1896. " Large dark yellow ova " (R. ft). I am very glad that Dr. Holland has made this the type of a new genus ; it was quite out of place in Acleros. HETEROCERA. 121. CEPHONODES HYLAS. Sphinx hylas, Linnaeus, Mantissa, i. p. 539 (1771). o* 2, Deep Bay, Feb. 16th and March 10th, 1896. " Frequents the beds of Azlneas in the fort, but is not plentiful" (R, ft). The female contained " bright emerald-green ova." 122. MACROGLOSSA TROCHILOIDES. Macroglossa trochiloides, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 5. Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1896. A beautiful and perfectly typical example of this race. 123. BASIOTHEA IDRICUS. Sphinx idricus, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. iii. pl. 2. fig. 2 (1773). 2, Deep Bay, Feb. 18th, 1896. " Day-flyer : emerald-green ova " (R. ft). The most perfect specimen that I have seen of this tiny green-winged Hawk-moth. 124. CH^ROCAMPA ESON, var. GRACILIS. Chaerocampa gracilis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 8, pl. ii. fig. 2. 2, Deep Bay, Feb. 22nd, 1896. "Light sea-green ova" (R. ft). Chiefly differs from the Southern form (typical ft eson) in its narrower wings, with more oblique outer margin. 125. XANTHOSPILOPTERYX PERDIX. Eusemla perdix, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 668. Eusemia eoa, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, p. 123; Novit. Lepid. pl. xi. fig. 1 (1892). 2 , Deep Bay, Feb. 11th, 1896. |
