88 P. E. S. WHALLEY 



West Africa: i ^(Dudgeon) , and i §, Bule Country (Good), no other data; 5 <$, 3 $, 

 no localities, probably Cameroon, in CMP. 



Rhodoneura (Rhodoneura) zurisana sp. n. 



(PL 2, D; PI. 33, fig. 180; PI. 55, fig. 325) 



o*. Wing, 15-18 mm. Vertex grey -brown, irrorate with white. Frons white, not produced 

 in front of eyes. Antennae ciliate. Labial palps with third segment 1/4 length of second, 

 upturned, just reaching vertex. Patagia and tegulae grey-brown, rest of thorax white. 

 Abdomen with two pinkish red stripes on second segment, edged posteriad with brown, two 

 pinkish red stripes on fourth-fifth segments and base of eighth segment with some pinkish 

 red scales. Hind tibia with outer spur of distal pair less than 1/2 length of inner spur. Legs 

 banded with pinkish red scales. First four hind tarsal segments with one apical spine, last 

 segment with pair of apical spines. Fore wing, pattern as in PI. 2, D, pinkish red with transverse 

 brown marks and mauve tinge, particularly to antemedial fascia. Veins red. Underside 

 similar, veins more strongly marked with red, black and silver scales in cell. Fringe pink. 

 Radial veins from cell. Hind wing, pinkish red with white fringe, some brown marks in median 

 area near posterior margin. Underside pinkish red, marks near posterior margin obscure. 

 Sc+R x and Rs approach but do not join. 



Genitalia $ (PI. 33, fig. 180). Uncus slightly enlarged before apex. Gnathus present, 

 median process with minute spines. Basal process of valve upturned. Juxta with small 

 process on lateral lobes. Vesica with minute spines. 



$. Wing, 18 mm. Colour and pattern as male. 



Genitalia $ (PI. 55, fig. 325). Bursa covered with spines, no signum. 



Discussion. This species from Madagascar is related to R. sordidula Plotz 

 from Africa (see also p. 86). It can be separated from this species by the wing 

 pattern and shape of the basal process on the valve. From the Indian species, 

 R. erubescens Warren, which R. zurisana broadly resembles, it can be separated by 

 the median brown marks on the hind wing and near the anal angle of the fore wing, 

 which are absent in R. erubescens. R. zurisana has a single spine on the hind tarsi as 

 found in sordidula and erubescens. In the key to the Madagascan species of the 

 genus (Whalley, 1967 : 19), zurisana comes out in the second couplet with R. seyrigi 

 Viette. It can be separated from this species by the lack of the prominent brown 

 patch in the anterior part of the median fascia and the rest of the pattern. The 

 uncus of seyrigi is not enlarged below the apex as it is in zurisana and seyrigi lacks 

 the upturned basal process on the valve. 



Distribution. Map 44. Madagascar (East). 



Material examined. 



Holotype <£, Madagascar: Baie d'Antongil, Hiaraka, 570 m, 24-25.1.1968 

 (Griveaud & Peyrieras), BM slide no. 10796, in MNHN. 



Paratypes. Madagascar: 2 <$, 1 $, data as type, 1 <$, 1 $ in MNHN; 2 <$, For£t 

 d'Analabe, 42 km N. de Sambava, 15-20. xi. i960 (Griveaud, Peyrieras & Viette). 



Rhodoneura (Rhodoneura) lacunosa sp. n. 



(PL 2, B; PL 33, fig. 181; PL 55, figs 326, 327) 

 $. Wing, 14-5-20 mm. Vertex brown with some white scales. Antennae shortly ciliate. 



