A REVISION OF THE ETHIOPIAN DREPANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) t 4 g 



Other material. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. S.W. Madagascar : 

 i (J, 12 km. N.E. de Sakaraha, Res. foret de Zombitsy, 11-13.lv. 1956 (Griveaud). 

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 E. Madagascar : 1 <$, Maroantsetra, Ivontaka, 13.iii.1958 (Griveaud) ; 1 <$, 6 km., 

 N.W. Fanovano, 18-22. ii. 1955 (Griveaud and Vieu) ; 1 $, route d'Ansobie, km. 26 

 foret de Sandrangato, 18.xii.1954 (Viette) ; 1 $, route de Lakato, km. 15 Ankasoka, 

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 1 $, Perinet, ii.1935 (Olsoufieff). Institut scientifique, Madagascar. S.W. Mada- 

 gascar : 2 <$, Sakaraha, Zombitsy, 11, 12. iv. 1956 (Griveaud). 



DREPANINAE 



Callidrepana Felder 

 (Text-figs. 240-252 ; PI. 16, figs. 334~337 ; Map 7) 



Callidrepana Felder, 1861 : 30. Type-species, by monotypy, Callidrepana sancia Felder, 1861 



[= Callidrepana argenteola (Moore), 1858 : 360]. 

 Callidrepana Felder ; Gaede 193 1 : 34. 



Damna Walker, 1863 : 1570. Type-species, by monotypy, Damna gelidata Walker, 1863. 

 Ausaris Walker, 1863 : 1632. Type-species, by monotypy, Ausaris scintillata Walker, 1863. 

 Drepanulides Motschulsky, 1866 : 192. Type-species, by subsequent designation, (Inoue, 1962) 



Drepanulides palleolus Motschulsky, 1866 : 193. 

 Ticilia Walker, 1865 : 394. Type-species, by monotypy, Ticilia argentilinea Walker, 1865. 

 Drepannlina Gaede, 1927 b : 287 [wow. nov. for Drepanula Gaede 1914 : 65 ; preoccupied by 



Drepanula Frolich, 1828 : 11 (Lep.)]. Type-species, by monotypy, Drepanula argyrobapta 



Gaede, 1914. syn. n. 



In the following pages two new African species, serena and macnultyi, are described 

 and added to the list of species in Callidrepana. These, together with argyrobapta 

 (previously placed in Drepanula) are the first African species to be ascribed to 

 Callidrepana. 



The presence of this genus in the Ethiopian Region is of particular zoogeographical 

 interest as it is the sole representative there of the subfamily Drepaninae. 



The three African species are probably most closely related to nana Warren, 

 gelidata Walker and splendens Warren, which are all Malayan or Indonesian species. 

 They share with the rest of the genus the same basic colour-pattern formed partly 

 by lustrous, silvery scales. There are also several characters in the male genitalia 

 common to the African and non-African species. 



Callidrepana argyrobapta (Gaede) comb. n. 

 (Text-figs. 241-243 ; PI. 16, fig. 336 ; Map 7) 



Drepanula argyrobapta Gaede, 1914 : 65. 



Drepanulina argyrobapta (Gaede) in Seitz, 1927 b : 14. [Poor fig.] 



Drepanulina argyrobapta (Gaede), 1931 : 50. 



Description. q\ Outer surface of palp brown, inner surface pale greyish buff. Colour of 

 head and antenna doubtful, probably greyish brown. Antenna bipectinate. 



