60 D. S. FLETCHER 



Biology. Moths have been reared from larvae found feeding on Eucalyptus 

 camaldulensis Dehnh. in Nigeria and from Entandrophragma angolense de Candolle, 

 Pinus patula Schiede and Cupressus sp. in Uganda. 



Distribution (Map 4). Sierra Leone ; Ivory Coast ; Ghana ; Nigeria ; 

 Cameroun ; Gabon ; Angola ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; Congo (Leopoldville). 



Material examined. Holotype <$. Cameroun : N'long [Ngoulemakong], i8.i. 

 1953 (R. P. Boetsch), genitalia slide No. C.H.4027 in coll. Herbulot, Paris. 



Sierra Leone, i <$, 1 $ ; ibid. (A. B. Frere), 2 $, 2 $ ; ibid. (Major Bainbridge), 

 1 $. Ivory Coast, i <$ ; Bating river, S of Touba, 1200 ft., 4.vii.i926 (C. L. 

 Collenette), 1 <$ ; Bingerville, xi.1913 (Gaston Melon), 2 <J, 2 $ ; ibid., vi, viii-x.1915, 

 9 <$, 11 $. Ghana : N. Territories, Kete-Krachi (A. W. Cardinall), 3 $ ; Kumasi, 

 Odumase Swamp, 1913 (Smeed), 1 <$ ; Kumasi, ii-iii.1923 (N. E. Bell), 1 <$ ; Kumasi, 

 ii-iii.1949 (W. Peters), 2 $, 1 $ ; Bibianaha [Bibiani], 700 ft., 10.vi.1912 (H. G. F. 

 Spun ell), 1 $ ; Ashanti, Goaso (G. N. Gibbs), 1 <J. Nigeria : Ilesha (L. E. H. 

 Humfrey), 2$ ; Lagos, 1 <J, 6 $ ; Warri, 1 $. Cameroun : Lolodorf, 1894-1895 

 (L. Conradt), 1 $ ; Johann-Albrechts Hohe, 1898 (L. Conradt), 1 $. Gabon : 

 Tchibanga (P. Rougeot), 1 <J. Congo (Brazzaville) ; Brazzaville, viii.1948 (P. 

 Rougeot), 1 <J. Congo (Leopoldville) : Bopoto (Kenred Smith), 3 <$ ; Yakusu (K. 

 Smith), 1 J, all in British Museum (Natural History) ; Leopoldville, 11. xi. 1953 

 (Dr. M. Fontaine), 1 $ ; Leopoldville, Binza, 11.viii.1953 (Dr. M. Fontaine), 1 $ ; 

 Ubangi, Gemena, i.1936 (/. Ghesquiere), 1 $ ; Equateur, Flandria, 24.ii-20.iv.1932 

 (R. P. Hulstaert), 5 g ; Equateur, Bokota, 1927 (R. P. Hidstaert), 1 <$ ; Bokela, 

 17.iv.1940 (R. P. Hulstaert), 1 <$ ; Eala, 20.X.1917 (R. Mayne), 1 $ ; Eala, xi.1936 

 (/. Ghesquiere) , 1 $ ; Ifuta, 21.X.1921 (Verlaine), 1 $ ; Luebo, x.1930 (/. P. Colin), 

 1 (J ; Stanleyville, vi.1929 (/. Colin), 1 <$ ; all in Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale ; 

 Upper Uele Dist., Dungu, v, 1 $, in British Museum (Natural History) ; Uele, 

 Rungu, 30. iv. i960 (Dr. M. Fontaine), 1 $ ; Uele, Paulis, i,iv,ix.i956 (Dr. M. 

 Fontaine), 1 $, 2 $ ; Sankuru, Lusambo, 25-29. vi. 1949 (Dr. M. Fontaine), 2 $ ; 

 ibid., 14-20.X.1949, 2 cJ ; ibid., iv.vii-ix.1950, 5 $, 4 $, all in Musee Royal de l'Afrique 

 Centrale ; Kasai, Lusambo, ix-x.1919, 4 <$ in British Museum (Natural History) ; 

 Sankuru, Djeka, 17.xii.1952 (Dr. M. Fontaine), 1 $ ; Sankuru, Katako-Kombe, 

 i,ii,vii,ix-xii. 1951-53 (Dr. M. Fontaine), 9 <$, 4 $ ; Kivu, Rwankwi, 9.viii.i947 

 (/. F. Leroy), 1 ^ ; ibid., 6-7. x. 1947, 1 <$ ; Rutschuru, i.1928 (CTz. Seydel), 1 (J, all 

 in Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale ; Lindi River, Bafwasende, 2000 ft., vii.1921 

 (T. A. Barns), 1 <$, in British Museum (Natural History). Uganda : Bundibugyo, 

 3440 ft., 22.viii-3.ix.1952 (D. S. Fletcher), 1 $ ; Mpanga Forest, [Kampala], 2i.iv. 

 1961, ex Entandrophragma angolense (W. K. Brown), 1 $ ; Mpanga Forest, 21.x. i960, 

 ex Cupressus sp. (W. K. Brown), 1 $ ; Kaweri, 21.xii.1963, ex Pinus patula (W. K. 

 Brown), 1 <$. 



Cleora dactylata sp. n. 



(Text-figs. 78-80 ; PI. 7, figs. 270-273 ; Map 4) 



cJ $. Externally closely similar in both sexes to dargei and appears to be separable only by 

 reference to the genitalia. In one example the medial area of the hind wing and the posterior 

 half of the medial area of the fore wing are densely irrorate with bister. 



