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Show 1893.] BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. 673 151. HALPE LUGENS. Pamphila lugens, Hopffer, Ber. Verh. Ak. Berlin, 1855, p. 643, n. 26 ; Peters's Reise nach Mossamb. v. p. 418, pi. 27. figs. 5, 6 (1862). Zomba, July 1892. 152. BARACUS FENESTRATES, sp. n. Above almost exactly like Isoteinon lamprospilus, but slightly smaller and with the hyaline spots a little smaller ; the grey-greenish hairy clothing of the secondaries extending over a much wider area ; ground-colouring below like B. septentrionum, Wood- Mason, the primaries black with costal and apical areas broadly argillaceous, shading into dust-grey; fringe of the latter colour tipped with white; hyaline spots as above : secondaries golden argillaceous ; a longitudinal greyish streak immediately below and bounding the subcostal vein ; abdominal area dust-greyish ; two small whitish spots on centre of median interspaces ; fringe white. Expanse of wings, 3 31 millim., 2 35 millim. Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. 153. CERATRICHIA STELLATA. Ceratrichia stellata, Mabille, Comptes Rendus Soc. ent. Beige, 1891, p. lxx. Zomba, December 1892. 154. AEROMACHUS ? JOHNSTONI, sp. n.1 o". Bronze-brown: primaries with two unequal hyaline white dots within the end of the cell and a small subquadrate spot below the lower of them on first median interspace ; a dot at basal third of second median interspace, and above it, towards costa, two unequal white dots placed slightly obliquely ; base of costa and centre of inner margin slightly dusted with yellowish; posterior two-fifths of fringe tipped with sordid white : secondaries with yellowish hair scales in cell and interno-median interspace ; fringe, excepting at apex, sordid white : head, collar, and patagia golden brownish ; front of thorax glossed with green ; abdomen greyish. Primaries below grey, the apical area and costa lilacine, clouded with blackish ; hyaline spots as above; a white diffused streak at base of cell and a small spot across centre of interno-median area : secondaries lilacine-greyish along submedian vein; a dark brown irregular >-shaped band from apex across the disk : fringe of second joint of palpi and anterior femora long and bright yellow; venter greyish white. Expanse of wings 24 millim. Mipa stream, Mofwi, August 3, 1892. 1 I have placed this species at tbe end of the Hesperiidse because it does not appear to m e quite to agree with any of tbe genera indicated in Lieut. Watson's Eevision of the family ; from Aeromachus, which it most nearly approaches, it diners in the longer terminal joint of the palpi. P.S.-I find tbat by some inexplicable oversight the slip of Ehopalocampta forestan, Cram, (wbich was represented in both collections), has dropped out of the MS. |
