4 o D. S. FLETCHER 



The white ground colour of the wings and the contrasting concentration of dark 

 irroration proximad of the antemedial fascia and in the apical area of the fore wing 

 and around the discal spots of both wings in typical males are subspecifically 

 diagnostic. 



Distribution (Map 9). Fernando Po ; Angola ; Cameroun ; Nigeria ; Congo 

 (Leopoldville) ; Uganda ; Tanzania ; Malawi ; Rhodesia ; Transvaal ; Cape 

 Province. 



Material examined. Holotype <$. Uganda : Kigezi, 5500 ft., (G. D. H. 

 Carpenter), genitalia slide Geometridae No. 735. 



Fernando Po : Moka, 28.i-3.ii. 1933 (W. H. T. Tarns), 1 $. Nigeria : Near 

 Ibadan, 1$. Mt. Cameroon : Musake, 6350 ft., 8.i. 1932 (M.Steele), ig. Angola: 

 Quicolungo, 120 km. N. of Lucala, 800 m., iv.1936 (R. Brawn), 1 <$. Congo 

 (Leopoldville) : W. Kivu, Upper Lowa River, nr. Masisi, 5000-6000 ft., ii.1924 

 (T. A. Barns), 1 <$, all in British Museum (Natural History) ; Kivu, Rwankwi, 

 15.viii.1947 (J. V. Leroy), 1 <J ; ibid., 13.xi.1947, 1 <J ; ibid., iv.1948, 1^,1$; 

 Mulungu (Tshibinda), 31.L1956 (/. Hecq), 1 $ ; Mongbwalu (Kilo), 1937 (Me. 

 Harford- J or dens), 1 <$ ; Sankuru, Djeka, 17.xii.1952 (Dr. Fontaine), 1 <$ ; Katako- 

 Kombe, 2J.1952 (Dr. Fontaine), 1 <$ ; Kibali-Ituri, Kilo (Mines), 1955 (R. Andry), 



1 (J, all in Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Burundi : Astrida, c. 400 m., 

 6.vii.i96i (Dr. Fontaine), 1 <$ in Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Uganda : 

 Ankole, Kalinzu Forest, xi.1961 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 <$ ; Mabira Forest, Jinja, 

 x.1962 (R. H. Carcasson), 2 $, all in Coryndon Museum ; Bundibugyo, 3440 ft., 

 22.viii-3.ix. 1952 (D. S. Fletcher), 1 <J ; Entebbe, 25.viii.1961 (W. K. Brown), 3 $. 

 Kenya : Mt. Kenya, vii.1930 (E. Barns), i<$ ; Nanyuki-Meru, 6.vii.i930 (E. Bams), 



2 (J. Tanzania : Amani, iii-iv.1936 (Cooper), 2 <$. Malawi : Mt. Mlanje, 

 25.iv.1913 (Neave), 1 <$. Rhodesia : Mt. Selinda, 8-9.iii.1954 (H. Cookson), 1 $ 

 and ibid., 9-17.iv.1956 (Van Son & Vari), 1 $, both in Transvaal Museum. 

 Transvaal : Kowyn's Pass, Pilgrim's Rest Distr., 22.1.1962 (Vari & Leleup), 

 1 <$ in Transvaal Museum. Cape Province : Transkei, Katberg, 1949 (H. B. D. 

 Kettlewell), 1 <$. 



Cleora herbuloti phaea ssp. n. 



(PL 5, figs. 219-222 ; Map 9) 



$. Ground colour of wings vinaceous buff, white only at termen between veins M 3 and Cu\ 

 on each wing, irrorate and patterned with fuscous black as illustrated ; veins ochraceous buff 

 (PL 5, fig. 219). Underside pattern similar to that of nominate subspecies, but marked in iron 

 grey, postmedial fascia sharply defined on anterior half of each wing ; dark markings of upper- 

 side show through, giving wings a smoky appearance (PL 5, fig. 220). 



$. Similar to male, but pattern largely obscured by dense fuscous black irroration (PI. 5, 

 figs. 221, 222). 



Measurements. $ 38-41 mm. ; $ 38-46 mm. 



Biology. Larvae have been reported (Anon, 1963 : 4) from the Louis Trichardt 

 area of the Northern Transvaal completely defoliating or severely damaging foliage 



