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Paralectotypes. i <£, i $, data as type. 



Aldabra: 1 $, 2 $, [i9]o8-09 {Fryer), in DZUC; 2 <$, 2 $, xi-xii.1959 (Gerber), in 

 MNHN; 1 (J, 1 $, xi.1959 {Legrand), in MNHN; 1 $, Cosmoledo, 18. x. 1959 (Legrand), 

 in MNHN; 2 $, West Island, near Settlement, 7-12. iii. 1968 (Cogan & Hutson); 2 $, 

 South Island, Takamaka Pool, 1-17.il. 1968 {Cogan & Hutson). 



Banisia aldabrana carta subsp. n. 



(PL i,D;Pl. 29, fig. 157) 



0*. Wing, 7*5—11 mm. This subspecies differs from the nominate one in colour and is usually 

 larger. The wings vary in colour from pale grey with dark reticulations to dark grey with dark 

 reticulations (PI. 1, D). There are often one or two translucent areas in the fore wing. Extern- 

 ally there are some differences in colouration in the specimens from Kenya, some of which are 

 paler than the specimens from South Africa. With the few specimens available, and a certain 

 amount of overlap in colouration, the exact limits of this subspecies is not clear. 



Genitalia $ (PI. 29, fig. 157). 



$. Unknown. 



Distribution. Map 29. Kenya; South Africa. 



Material examined. 



Holotype <$, South Africa: Cape Province, Mossel Bay, viii.1932 {Turner), 

 BM slide no. 10553, in BMNH. 



Paratypes. South Africa: i <$, Port St Johns (Janse), 10-22. ii. 1955, in TMP; 

 1 (J, Port St Johns, Pondoland, 1-17.iii.1924 {Turner); 1 £, Verulam, 30.xii.1915 

 {Janse), in TMP; 2 <$, Kowie River, CP {Irving), x.1918, in TMP; 1 <$, Kasonga, 

 i-ii.1940 {Omer Cooper). 



Material not included in type-series. Kenya: i <J, Malindi, v. 1934 {Jackson); 

 1 <£, Mombasa Tiwi, iv.1964 {Carcasson) ; 1 <$, Mombasa, Diani, x-xi.1951 {Pinhey). 



STRIGLINA Guenee 



Striglina Guenee, 1877 : 283. Type-species, Striglina lineola Guenee, by subsequent designation, 



Whalley, 1964a : 126. 

 Plagiosella Hampson, 1897 : 625. Type-species, Plagiosella clathrata Hampson, by original 



designation. (Synonymized by Whalley, 1967 : 42). 

 Plagiosellula Strand, 1913 : 62. Type-species, Plagiosellula strigifera Strand, by monotypy. 



(Synonymized by Gaede, 191 7 : 372). 

 Heteroschista Warren, 1903 : 271. Type-species, Heteroschista nigranalis Warren, by original 



designation, syn. n. 

 Heteroschista Warren; Gaede, 1917 : 374 (as a junior synonym of Mathoris Guenee). 



This genus, which is morphologically very distinct from all other Thyridid genera, 

 is widespread over the Indo-Australian region as well as being common in the 

 Ethiopian region. The morphological characters of the male genitalia show pro- 

 nounced interspecific differences while intraspecific variation is small. In spite of 

 the interspecific differences there are certain common features not found in other 

 genera. The differences between the species in Striglina are often as striking as 

 some of the differences between genera in other Thyridid subfamilies, but these 



