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Holotype $ (elaralis), Ceylon: (specimen lacks abdomen), in BMNH. Holotype °- 

 (idalialis), Sarawak: in UMO. 



Holotype $ {zonula), India: Bombay (specimen lacks abdomen), in BMNH. 

 Holotypes of pyraliata and lobata, in ZMB (topotypes from India examined). 



Sierra Leone: i <$, Bo (Revell), xii.1967; 1 <$ (Revell), x.1968; Ivory Coast: i<$, 

 Bingerville (Melon), xi.1913; 1 $, Bingerville (Melon), x-xi.1913; 1 <$, 3 $, Bingerville 

 (Alibert), 11. 1943, on Sapodillo (Manilkara zapota L.); Ghana: 2 <$, 1 $, N. Terri- 

 tories, Kete-Krachi (Cardinall); 1 <j>, Navaro, n° N, 1*30 ° W, vi.1923 (Cardinall); 

 1 $, Winnebah, i.1940, in CMP; 1 $, Sekondi (Hamlyn) ; 1 $, Juaso, i.1938 (Cansdale) ; 

 Nigeria: i $, Niger, Degama (Ansorge); Democratic Republic of the Congo: 

 1 $, Kassai Distr. (Taymans) ; 1 <$, Kasai, Sankuru, Pena Dibele, iv.1959 (Carcasson) ; 

 icJ, Ifuta, 31. x. 1929 (Verlaine), in MRAC; Uganda: 2<J, Masaka, Katera, Sango Bay, 

 x.1960 (Carcasson), in NMK; 1 $, Zika Forest, Entebbe, vii.1961, in NMR; Tanzania: 

 1 ^, 6 $, Amani (Robertson); 1 $, Dar-es-Salaam ; 1 $, Usambari, Nguelo (Kimmer); 

 1 $, Usambara, Amani, vii.1961 (Pringle), in NMK; Kenya: i <$, Tiwi, Mombasa, 

 iv-v.1957 (Carcasson), in NMK; 2 $, Mombasa (van Someren); 2 $, Coast, Gazi 

 Forest, xii.1961 (Carcasson), in NMK; Mozambique: i $, Lourenco Marques 

 (Daintree), 15.iii.1938, in TMP; 3 (J, 1 $, Dondo Forest, Dondo, xi.1967 (Pinhey), in 

 NMR ; 1 <3\ Chiluva Hills, x.1963, in NMR ; Malawi ; 1 <J, Mt Mlanje, iii.1913 (Neave) ; 

 1 (J, 1 $, Nkata Bay, xii.1961, in NMR; Rhodesia: i <$, Umtali, 5T1918 (Janse), in 

 TMP; South Africa: 2 $, Kowie River, C.P. (Irving), x.1919, in TMP; 2 <$, 2 $, 

 Nderema (van Son), in TMP; 2 $, Sunwich Port, 30.x. 1951 (Janse), in TMP; 1 $, 

 Cape Province, Knysna, Wilderness (Kettlewell) , iv.1950; 1 $, East London, xii.1921 

 (Munroe); 1 $, Blaney, xii.1940 (Clark), in TMP; 1 $, Port St Johns, ii.1955 (Janse), 

 in TMP; 1 $, Natal (Spiller) ; 2 (J, 2 $, Mfongosi, Zululand, i-iii.1912 (Jones), in CT. 



Banisia tibiale (Fryer) comb. n. 

 (PI. 6, fig. 23, PI. 29, fig. 154) 



Rhodoneura tibiale Fryer, 191 2 : 20. 

 Rhodoneura tibiale Fryer; Legrand, 1965 : 88. 



(J. Wing, 13-5 mm. Vertex brown. Antennae missing. Labial palps damaged, third 

 segment missing. Frons projecting slightly between eyes. Thorax brown. Hind tibia with 

 scale tufts, distal pair of spurs with outer spur slightly shorter than inner spur. Fore wing, 

 pattern as in PI. 6, fig. 23, grey-brown with darker transverse markings. Small translucent 

 spot in fore wing. Radial veins from cell. Underside paler, subapical dark patch. Hind 

 wing, pattern as fore wing but without translucent spot. Sc+R r and Rs approach but do not 

 join. 



Genitalia q* (PI. 29, fig. 154). Uncus bifid. Gnathus with patch of spines on each side near 

 apex. Median basal process sclerotized, toothed on posterior margin. Lateral juxta lobes 

 slender, slightly toothed posterior margin. Aedeagus with sclerotized cornutus. 



$, Unknown. 



Discussion. This species is similar externally to B. apicale but the spots on the 

 wing are less conspicuous in tibiale and the apex of the wing is less pointed. In the 

 male genitalia the lateral juxta arms are more slender and longer than in apicale. 



