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Show 674 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM [NOV. 7, HETEROCERA. None of these were obtained by Mr. Crawshay, but Mr. Whyte's collection contained a fair series. 155. CEPHONODES HYLAS. Sphinx hylas, Linnaeus, Mant. i. p. 539 (1771). Zomba, January 1893. 156. AELLOPUS HIRUNDO. Macroglossa hirundo, Gerstacker, Arch. Nat. xxxvii. p. 360(1871). Zomba, December 1892. 157. CH^IROCAMPA OSIRIS. Beilephila osiris, Dalman, Analecta Entom. p. 48, n. 21 (1823). Zomba, July 1892. 158. N E P H E L E FUNEBRIS. Sphinx funebris, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 371, n. 47 (1793). Zomba, January 1893. 159. iEGOCERA MENETA. Noctua meneta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. lxx. D (1775). Zomba, July and December 1892 and January 1893. 160. iEGOCERA FERYIDA. Mgocera fervida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 57, n. 4 (1854) ; Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. i. p. 12, pi. 5. fig. 1 (1877). Zomba, December 1892. A single worn example, with the outer border of the secondaries of half the usual width and tapering to anal angle. 161. CHARILINA AMABILIS. Noctua amabilis, Drury, HI. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 13. fig. 3 (1773). Zomba, December 1892 and January 1893. The outer border of the secondaries slightly narrower than usual. 162. XANTHOSPILOPTERYX SUPERBA. Eusemia superba, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xv. p. 141, pi. 13. fig. 3 (1875). Zomba, July 1892. 163. SYNTOMIS CERES. Syntomis ceres, Oberthiir, Etudes, iii. p. 33, pi. 3. fig. 5 (1878). Zomba, July 1892. Evidently a common species : it differs from S. kuhlweinii in its larger hyaline spots; this distinction, though apparently unimportant, seems to be quite constant. |
