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Closely similar in colour and pattern to the commonest form of tulbaghata, from 

 which it can seemingly be distinguished only by the structure of the genitalia ; 

 variation in pattern is markedly less common than in that species. In some 

 examples the medial area of each wing is densely suffused with fuscous ; one 

 example has ochraceous buff bands comparable with tulbaghata ab. flavipleta ; the 

 holotype remains unique in pattern, with sharply defined transverse fasciae on a 

 white ground colour (PI. 9, fig. 302). 



In the male genitalia the simple sacculus and the shape of the cornuti, and in the 

 female genitalia the form of the short colliculum and the proportions of the mem- 

 branous and sclerotized parts of the bursa copulatrix are diagnostic. 



Distribution (Map 4). Kenya ; Tanzania ; Malawi ; Rhodesia ; Transvaal ; 

 Natal ; Cape Province. 



Material examined. Holotype $. Zululand : Edukumbaan Hills, v.1895, 

 genitalia slide Geometridae No. 2145. 



Kenya : Kitale, v. 1953 (C. R. Howard), 1 $ in Coryndon Museum ; Nairobi 

 {van Someren), 4 <J ; Kenya coast, Shimba Hills, xii.1961 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 $ in 

 Coryndon Museum. Tanzania : Usambara, Amani, iv.1952 (C. Howard), 1 <J in 

 Coryndon Museum ; E. Usambara, Amani, ii.1953 (E. Pinhey), 1 $ in Coryndon 

 Museum ; Amani, iii-iv.1936 (B. Cooper), 2 $, 2 $ ; Amani, 28. xi. 1934 (Mrs. Edith 

 Dalton), 2 $. Malawi : Mlanje, 10.iv.1913, 1 <$ ; Mlanje Boma, 2400 ft., 27.iv.1910 

 (S. A. Neave), 1 $ ; Chintiche (T. H. Lloyd), 1 $. Rhodesia : Mt. Selinda, 17-31. 

 i.1959 (G. van Son), 1 <$ ; ibid., 9-17.lv. 1956 (G. van Son & L. Vari), 1 <$, 1 $ in 

 Transvaal Museum ; Umtali District, 16. i. 1933 (P. A. Sheppard), 1 $ ; ibid., 23.iii. 

 1934, 1 $, both in National Museum of S. Rhodesia. Transvaal : Zoutpansburg, 

 Tshakoma, xi.1931 (G. van Son), 1 $ ; Magoebaskloof Rest Camp, 4000 ft., 21.ii.1960 

 (R. F. Lawrence), 1 <$ ; Cyprus Farm, near Ofcolaco, 24-28.ix.1961 (L. Vari), 2 $ ; 

 Mariepskop, 16. iv. 1955 (H. Cookson), 1 <$, all in Transvaal Museum ; Marieps Mtn., 

 5. xii. 1925-6. i. 1926 (G. van Son), 5 <3\ 2 $ ; Pilgrim's Rest Distr., Erasmus Reserve, 

 30.iv.1960 (F. Neubecker), 4 <$, 1 $ in Transvaal Museum ; Pilgrim's Rest Distr., 

 Kowyn's Pass, 22.ii.1962 (L. Vari & Leleup), 1 $ in Transvaal Museum ; Louws 

 Creek, xi.1922 (H. G. Williams), 1 <$. Natal : Hluhluwe, 16.iii.1952 (Dr. G. van 

 Son), 1 (J in Transvaal Museum ; Pinetown, 6.iii.i9io (G. F. Leigh), 1 <$ ; Durban, 

 ii,v,vi,x (C. G. C. Dickson), 7 <$, 1 $ in Transvaal Museum ; Pietermaritzburg, 

 Malta, i-ii.1928 (G. van Son), 4 <J, 3 $ in British Museum (Natural History), 2 $ in 

 Transvaal Museum. Cape Province : Port St. Johns, 10-22.fi. 1955 (A. J. T. 

 Janse), 2 $ in Transvaal Museum. 



Cleora lamottei (Herbulot) comb. n. 



(Text-figs. 96-98 ; PL 10, figs. 305-308, 320 ; Map 5) 



Neocleova lamottei Herbulot, 1954 : 322, pi. 1 : 4, text-fig. 13. 

 Neocleora lamottei Herbulot ; Herbulot, 1958 : 103. 



6*. First abdominal segment white ; remainder of vestiture white, irrorate with bister ; 

 patagia edged with bister. Wings white, irrorate with bister ; a broad snuff brown band 



