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Show 1893.] ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. 643 ENNEA (EDENTULINA) LONGULA. (Woodcut, fig. 2.) Testa elongata, pupiformis, rimata, albo-cornea ; anfractus sutura leviter obliqua et profunda discreti, confertim et oblique lirati, ultimus supra aperturam Icevior, liratus, antice ad labrum breviter ascendens; apertura subauriformis, longit. totius •!• cequans ; peristoma leviter anguste reflexum, margine columellari dilatato, intus oblique subtorto, dextro arcuato. Longit. 16 millim., diam. 6; apertura 5 longa, 3| lata. Hab. Mayotte (ex coll. Emile Euclel). This species is more elongate than most of the forms of Edentulina and bears a general resemblance to Elma sivinhoei of H. Adams. Ennea (Edentula) longula. The outer lip, however, is not deeply sinuated as in that the genus Ennea. The types of this and the preceding species have been presented to the British Museum by Mr. H. Fulton. 5. O n two Collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa. By A R T H UR G. B U T L E R , Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Eeceived September 20, 1893.] (Plate LX.) The collections, of which the following is an account, were by Mr. R. Crawshay and Mr. A. Whyte respectively; the first principally at Lake Mweru in 1891 and 1892, the second at Zomba between July 1892 and January 1893. Of the two series the former is in by far the better condition, and the latter considerably more numerous both in species and individuals. So many of the species in the two series are identical that I have thought it better to combine them in one paper: together they represent no less than 216 species, the majority of which belong to the South African fauna. Thirty-one species are described as new to science. |