A REVISION OF THE ETHIOPIAN DREPANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) 21 



andersoni as subspecies of one extensive species. It is probable on the evidence of 

 comparative structural difference and present knowledge of distribution that the 

 two species were originally subspecies of a polytypic species and that tamsi and 

 andersoni now form a superspecies. 



This is another very variable species. The ground-colour of the upper surface 

 of the wings may be reddish, greyish or yellowish brown, or very dark brown. 

 There is often a darker medial area on the fore wing, rarely with an irregularly 

 shaped greyish white central marking. One of the specimens examined from 

 Mt. Elgon is a very pale yellowish brown with dark brownish or black postmedial 

 fasciae and irregularly shaped medial markings. 



Figs. 17-19, Epicampoptera andersoni, <J genitalia. 17, $ ; 18, aedeagus ; 19, eighth 



abdominal sternite. 



