36 A. WATSON 



Epicampoptera carnea (Saalmiiller) sp. rev., comb. n. 



(Text-figs. 47-49 ; PI. 3, fig. 279 ; Map 2) 



Or eta carnea Saalmiiller, 1884 : 220. 



Oreta carnea Saalmiiller ; Kirby, 1892 : 728. 



Description (Plate 3, fig. 279). Palp and front of head light brown ; vertex and antenna 

 very light brown. 



Thorax usually very light brown dorsally, with paler, almost white, patagial vestiture. 

 Ventral surface of thorax light yellowish brown, but darker brown immediately posterior to eyes. 

 Legs light yellowish brown, with front surface of prothoracic trochanter, femur and tibia slightly 

 darker brown. 



Venation of both wings as for tumidula (Text-figs. 1, 2). Ground-colour of upper surface of 

 fore wing usually very light lustrous brown (including type) ; medial shade medium brown, 

 non-lustrous, broken by lighter central area ; trace of discocellular spot ; subterminal spot 

 between M 3 and Cw la weakly marked, non-lustrous. Coloration of hind wing similar to fore 

 wing. Under surface of both wings light yellowish or pinkish brown, lustrous, lightly speckled 

 with darker brown in some specimens ; fore wing with trace of dark postmedial fascia and 

 discocellular spot ; hind wing with dark postmedial fascia and trace of discocellular spot. 



Colour of abdomen as for corresponding surfaces of hind wing. 



o* genitalia (Text-figs. 47, 48) : valve process short, sigmoid ; ventro-lateral lobe of uncus 

 long, truncate, dorso-posterior process acuminate ; posterior processes of eighth sternite as for 

 griveaudi (Text-fig. 52). 



9. As for male but outer margin of both wings much less strongly produced between M 3 and 

 C« la . 



$ genitalia (Text-fig. 49) : dorsal lobe of eighth segment strongly striate near medial line. 



Measurements. A.P.R. : <£. 18. Wing : q*. 16-5, 15-0-18-5 mm. (12) ; $. 20-5, 18-5- 

 22-5 mm. (2). 



Discussion. Gaede (1927 b : 288), in Seitz, treated carnea as a junior synonym 

 of Ctenogyna natalensis Felder (see p. 48) but an examination of the holotype has 

 shown that carnea belongs to the genus Epicampoptera. 



This species, which is apparently restricted to northern Madagascar, is closely 

 related to the other two Madagascan species graciosa and griveaudi and to the African 

 notialis. Externally it is probably indistinguishable from griveaudi but differs 

 from graciosa and notialis in the less strongly marked subterminal spots or disco- 

 cellular spot. The genitalia of both sexes are distinctive. 



There is considerable individual variation in the coloration of the ground-colour 

 of the upper surface of the wings which may be a light yellowish brown or reddish 

 brown (holotype) or very dark greyish brown. The medial shade of both wings, 

 which is usually strongly marked, is black at the anal margin of the wings in two 

 specimens (a similar colour-form occurs in griveaudi). In a few specimens there is a 

 second subterminal spot between M 2 and M 3 on the hind wing ; in others the fore 

 wing subterminal markings are hardly visible. 



Distribution (Map 2). Only known from northern Madagascar. 



Material examined. Type. Holotype $, ; N. Madagascar, Loucoube, 82 

 (Stumpff) ; in the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a.M. 



Other material. British Museum {Natural History). N. Madagascar : 15 <$, 

 1 $, Diego Suarez, 4-iii.-16.ix.1917 {Melon). 



