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Show 1895.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 739 102. XANTHOSPILOPTERYX HYPERC0MP0iDES,sp.n. (Plate XLIII. fig. 5.) Primaries above bronze-greenish black, with ochreous markings arranged somewhat as in X. fatima, but the lower spot of the two crossing the centre of the wing much smaller; the subapical band also quite different in form, narrow towards the costa and elongated below into a sort of cuneiform (foot-shaped) patch, the point of which rests on the outer margin : secondaries deep orange in the type (probably rosy crimson when fresh), with broad apical patch, but rather narrow marginal continuation to anal angle : body black ; head, collar, and pterygodes spotted with pale ochreous ; metathorax clothed at the sides with ochreous hairs ; an ochreous anal tuft. Basal area of primaries below ochreous, with two large black spots placed obliquely before the middle; apical half black, with creamy brimstone-coloured markings as above, but broader, the subapical band greatly resembling the lower half of a human leg; secondaries nearly as above: body below black spotted with white. Expanse of wings 63 millim. Kazamaza's, Euwenzori, 5300 feet, 13th-23rd April. 103. CHARILINA AMABILIS. Noctua amabilis, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. ii. pi. 13. fig. 3 (1773). Kampala and Uganda. 104. SYNTOMIS FANTASIA. Syntomis fantasia, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. xii. p. 349 (1876). Salt Lake to Wawamba. Eather smaller than the type, with which, however, the examples obtained agree tolerably closely in pattern. Uganda. 105. EPITOXIS, sp. Two much worn females of an apparently undescribed species ; not in sufficiently good condition for description. Euwenzori, 7000-8000 feet. • 106. CALLARCTIA ELLIOTI, sp. n. (Plate XLIII. fig. 6.) Allied to C. geometrica from Abyssinia ; but the longitudinal band of the primaries running obliquely from the costa, emitting two parallel bands from the back, one to base, the other to inner margin, the direction of the band at end of cell reversed, the band itself thickened and abbreviated ; the tworemainingbands forming a simple cross and not continued below the longitudinal band: secondaries rose-coloured ; the submarginal spots forming a series of three patches, with a wide interval opposite the end of the cell; the abdomen rosy, with dorsal and lateral series of blackish spots. Expanse of wings 46 millim. 2 , Kampala and Uganda. One fairly good example was obtained. |
