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Distribution. Map 58. Gabon; Rio Muni; Cameroon; Rwanda; Uganda; 

 Kenya; Angola. 



Material examined. 



Holotype <$, Angola: Pungo Andongo, iv.1875 (Homeyer), BM slide no. 9592, in 

 BMNH. 



Cameroon: i $, Bitje, Ja River, i-iii.1907, 2000 ft, 1914, dry season (Bates); 

 1 $, Bitje, iv-v.1912, wet season; 20 <-£, 1 $, Efulen (Weber), 1912-28, nineteen £, 

 one $ in CMP; 1 <J, Efulen (Good), in CMP ; 1 £, Batouri, District, Lat. 3 45' N, Long. 

 13 45' E, iv.1955 (Merfield); 1 $, Sangmelima (Good), ii.1933, in CMP; Gabon: 



1 (J, Kangwe, in CMP; Rio Muni: 3 <$, Benito, i-iii.1891, two $, in CMP; Rwanda: 



2 (J, Kisenyi, iv.1957 (Fontaine), in MRAC; Uganda: 6 <J, Katera, Sango Bay, 

 Masaka, x.1960 (Carcasson), one <$ in NMK; 1 <J, Kigezi, Kayonza, v. 1957; 2 <$, 

 Kigezi Distr., Kawungu, Impenetrable Forest, 4500 ft, v. 1952 (Burgess); 3 <$, 

 Kalinzu Forest, Ankole, xi.1961 (Carcasson), one <$ in NMK, one <$ in NMR; 1 <$, 

 Bwamba, vi.1956 (Carcasson), in NMK; 1 $, Jinja, Mabira Forest, x.1962 (Carcasson), 

 in NMK; Kenya: i <$, Kakamega, xii.1965 (Carcasson) in NMK; 2 <J, Mt Elgon 

 (Jackson), ix.1951, one £ in NMK; Angola: 3 <-?, data as type; 1 <J, Fazenda, 

 Congulu, Amboim Distr., 7000-8000 m, iv.1934 (Jordan); 13 <$, 1 $, no locality 

 in CMP (probably Cameroon). 



Kuja fractifascia (Warren) comb. n. 



(PI. 13, figs 65, 66; PI. 38, fig. 209) 



Pharambara fractifascia Warren, 1908 : 342. 

 Rhodoneura fractifascia (Warren) Dalle Torre, 1914 : 23. 

 Rhodoneura fractifascia (Warren); Gaede, 1917 : 365. 

 Rhodoneura fractifascia (Warren); Gaede, 1929 : 493. 



o". Wing, 13-16*5 mm. Vertex and frons brown. Labial palps with third segment 1/2 

 length of second, upturned, reaching vertex. Thorax brown. Hind tibia with proximal 

 pair of spurs slender, inner clavate; distal pair with outer spur slightly more than 1/2 length 

 of inner spur. Fore wing, pattern as in PI. 13, fig. 65, brown with pale brownish white ground 

 colour. Underside, black and white scales in patches in cell (PI. 13, fig. 66). Hind wing, 

 colour as fore wing. Median and sub-apical fascia distinct, underside paler than upper. Sc +R t 

 and Rs approach but do not join. 



Genitalia <£ (PI. 38, fig. 209). Uncus simple. Gnathus a thin sclerotized loop with small, 

 weakly sclerotized median process. Valve simple, large basal process extended in long sclero- 

 tized half way along valve. Juxta, two pointed lateral lobes, with spines along inner side, 

 two broad lobes at 90 to lateral lobes. Aedeagus with prominent cornuti. 



$. Unknown. 



Discussion. The fore wing pattern with a completely brown basal and median 

 area and the incomplete brown "hook" of the subapical line separate this species 

 from obliquifascia and squamigera. The genitalia, with the long process on the valve 

 are quite distinct. 



Distribution. Map 59. Sierra Leone; Nigeria; Democratic Republic of the 

 Congo. 



