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Show 740 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA [Nov. 19, 107. PLERETES TIGRIS. Hypercompa tigris, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xii. p. 106 (1883). Euwenzori, 6000 feet; Kampala and Uganda. 108. CANOPUS BUBO. Canopus bubo, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 747 (1855). Between Kivata and Wimi, Euwenzori, 7000-8000 feet, May or June. 109. ALPENUS .EQUALIS. Alpenus cequalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 686 (1855). Uganda. One much worn specimen. 110. ARGINA AMANDA. Euchelia amanda, Boisduval, Voy. de Deleg. ii. p. 597 (1847). Salt Lake to Wawamba. There is a fragment of a Lepista (perhaps L.panelula), too much injured for identification, from Salt Lake. 111. ELIGMA DUPLICATA. Eligma duplicata, Aurivillius, Ent. Tidskr. xiii. p. 190 (1892). Kampala and Uganda. 112. MALACOSOMA? THORACICA sp. n. (Plate XLIII. fig. 4.) Allied to M. rennei, Dewitz; much smaller; costal margin and veins of primaries dusky ; inner stripe of primaries transverse, very slightly arched, outer stripe oblique, incurved towards costa,'both stripes grey, broader than in M. rennei; submarginal spots more regular, nearer to outer margin, well defined also on the secondaries ; thorax and base of primaries bright ochreous, anal tuft creamy ochraceous above: wings below nearly as in M. rennei; body below ochreous with a central ventral series of grey transverse bars. Expanse of wings 65 millim. Between Kivata and Wimi, Euwenzori, 7000-8000 feet, May or June. It is probable that this species and M. rennei will prove to belong to a genus distinct from Malacosoma. The genera of African Bombyces badly need revision, and it is satisfactory to know that Prof. Aurivillius hopes shortly to undertake this work, for which bis long and careful study of African Lepidoptera pre-eminently fits him. 113. NONAGRIA?sp. A much damaged example of a moth, probably allied, if not belonging, to Nonagria, but quite unrecognizable. Kazamaza's, Euwenzori, 5300 feet. |