98 P. E. S. WHALLEY 



Rhodoneura sp. near zophocrana Viette 

 (PL 9, figs 39, 40) 



A few specimens of a species which is similar externally to zophocrana have been 

 found in collections from South Africa, Angola and Rhodesia. While the males are 

 similar in genitalia to zophocrana, the females of the African specimen lack a signum. 

 A series of specimens from the Seychelles (PL 9, fig. 40) are also similar to zophocrana 

 in genitalia but much lighter in pattern. The zophocrana-mellea species complex 

 (Whalley, 1967) needs examination of more specimens to determine the exact status 

 of the African and Seychelles specimens. Until more material is available I do not 

 propose to describe them. 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) mellea (Saalmiiller) 



Siculodes mellea Saalmiiller, 1881 : 442. 



R. (I.) mellea (Saalmiiller) Whalley, 1967 : 33, figs 28, 49, 65. 



Distribution. Madagascar. Map 46. 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) translucida Viette 



Rhodoneura translucida Viette, 1954 : 1I 9- 



R. (I.) translucida Viette; Whalley, 1967 : 34, figs 22, 46, 61. 



Distribution. Madagascar. Map 48. 



Rhodoneura (Isothauma) elegantula Viette 



Rhodoneura elegantula Viette, 1957 : 174. 



R. (J.) elegantula Viette; Whalley, 1967 : 35, figs 21, 62. 



Distribution. Madagascar. Map 48. 



SYMPHLEPS Warren 



Symphleps Warren, 1897 : 3^3- Type-species, S. atomosalis Warren, by original designation. 



Symphleps Warren; Dalle Torre, 1914 : 46. 



Symphleps Warren; Gaede, 191 7 : 374. 



Symphleps Warren; Gaede, 1929 : 498. 



Symphleps Warren; Whalley, 1964a : 126. 



Symphleps Warren; Whalley, 1967 : 17. 



Only one species of this genus is known from Africa (S. suffusa), but in Madagascar 

 a closely allied species, 5. seta Viette, occurs. The genus Symphleps consists of these 

 two species with two or three species from the Oriental region. 



Symphleps at present consists of species with similar external appearance and 

 similar female genitalia but with rather diverse male genitalia. The generic affinities 

 are not clear, several African genera having Sc + R x and Rs joining in the hind wing 

 and the thorn-like signum, typical of species of Symphleps, also occurs in the genus 

 Hypolamprus. 



