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xi.1933 (Johnston), at light; Tanzania: i <J, Arusha (Moore); Ethiopa: i $, Harar, 

 ix.1937 (Ellison); 1 <$, Harar, 21. v. 1939 (Ellison); 1 $, Harar, 21. iv. 1939 (Ellison); 

 Sudan: i $, Tambura, Southern Bahr-el-Ghazal ; 1 <$, 3 $, Tambura, xii.1922; 

 Malawi: i <$, Zomba Plateau, vii.1920; 1 <$, Mlanje Distr., iii-iv.1925 (Barlow); 1$, 

 1 $, Lenibe, i-ii.1926 (Barlow) ; 1 <$, Limbe (Barlow) ; Zambia: i $, Ndola, iv.-v.1960, 

 in NMR; 1 3, 1 $, Bwana Mkubwa, xii.1920 (Gardner), in TMP; Rhodesia: i <$, 

 Gatooma, xii.1955, in NMR; 1 $, Darwendale, 17-19.1.1955 (Rorke), in TMP; 

 Angola: i <$, Bange Ngola, 5.x. 1903 (Ansorge); 4 $, 4 $, Mt. Moco, Luimbale, 

 1800-1900 m, 15-20. iii. 1934 (Jordan); 4 <J, Caiala, Bihe, 1-3. xii. 1904 (Ansorge); i<$, 

 Andulo, Bihe, xii. 1934 (Braun). 



Group B. Holotype <$ (phoenicophora) , Nigeria: N. Nigeria, Minna, 27.ix.1910 

 (Macfie), BM slide no. 9517, in BMNH. 



Guinea: 2 £, Beyla (Mrdzek), one <$ in MMB; Democratic Republic of the 

 Congo: i $, Kolwezi, Katanga, viii.1966; Uganda: 2 <$, Mabira Forest, iv-viii. 

 1919 (Dummer), in TMP; Kenya: i <$, Kapeka vii.1933 (Johnston), at light; 4 <$, 

 Suna, S. Kavirondo, v. 1930-11.1932 (Feather) ; 1 <$, Kitale, iv.1936 (Jeffery). 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) opalinula (Mabille) 



Siculodes opalinula Mabille, 1879 : 347. 



R. (I.) opalinula (Mabille) Whalley, 1967 : 26, figs 25, 27, 48, 63. 



Distribution. Madagascar. Map 7. 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) marojejy Viette 



Rhodoneura marojejy Viette, i960 : 70. 



R. (I.) marojejy Viette; Whalley, 1967 : 29, figs 34, 56. 



Distribution. Madagascar. Map 46. 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) werneburgalis (Keferstein) 



Pyralis werneburgalis Keferstein, 1870 : 16. 



R. (I.) werneburgalis (Keferstein) Whalley, 1967 : 30, figs 23, 24, 47, 60. 



Distribution. Madagascar; Seychelles. Map 47. 



This species was discussed in detail by Whalley (1967). Since then a single 

 female specimen labelled "Ost-Afr. ca. 1885, Mahe" has been located. If the label 

 on the specimen is correct, this is the first record of a Madagascan Thyridid species 

 outside that island and the Comoro Is. One other specimen of werneburgalis 

 labelled "S. Africa" is in the BM collection but the label has been queried. It is 

 possible that werneburgalis is widespread, the closely allied zophocrana has a species 

 complex ranging from Madagascar over the Seychelles and Mascarene regions. 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) zophocrana Viette 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) zophocrana Viette, 1957 : 173. 



R. (I.) zophocrana Viette; Whalley, 1967 : 32, figs 29, 51, 64. 



Distribution. Map 47. Madagascar; Comoro Is. 



