A REVISION OF THE ETHIOPIAN DREPANIDAE 



(LEPIDOPTERA) 



By A. WATSON 



CONTENTS 



Synopsis 



Material examined 



Acknowledgements 



Subfamily classification 



Distribution and Affinities 



Treatment 



Key to genera 



Oretinae 



Epicampoptera Bryk 



Negera Walker 



Gonoreta Warren 



Gonoretodes gen. n. 



Spidia Butler . 



Crocinis Butler 



Isospidia gen. n. 



Uranometra Bryk 



Archidrepana Warren 



Oretopsis gen. n. 

 Drepaninae . 



Callidrepana Felder 

 Nidarinae subfam. n. 



Nidara Mabille 

 References 

 Index of nominal Subfamilies, Genera, 



Species and Subspecies 



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SYNOPSIS 



This paper deals with the known Drepanidae of the Ethiopian Region (sensu Wallace, 1876) i.e. 

 Madagascar, and Africa south of the Sahara. Each of the eight previously described genera of 

 Oretinae endemic to this Region has been fully revised, and three new genera described. A new 

 subfamily, Nidarinae, has been erected for the Madagascan genus Nidara. The three African 

 species of Callidrepana Felder (Drepaninae) have also been dealt with. 39 new species 

 and four new subspecies are described. A short account is given of the distribution of the 

 Drepanidae in the Ethiopian Region and the geographical distribution of the subfamilies of 

 Drepanidae is discussed. An attempt has also been made to characterize the three known 

 subfamilies on a world basis. 



MATERIAL EXAMINED 



The holotypes or syntypes or nearly every Ethiopian nominal species have been 

 examined. The only exceptions are the types of Callidrepana brunneola Holland, 

 Callidrepana ocidata Holland, Ancistrota bimaculata Holland, Ancistrota geometroides 

 Holland, Thymistida erosa Holland and Thymistida miserrima Holland, which were 

 dissected, drawn and photographed for me by Dr. H. K. Clench of the Carnegie 



