162 P. E. S. WHALLEY 



Ja River, 2000 ft, x-xi.1912; 1 $, Efulen {Weber), iv.1923, in CMP; Gabon: i 9, 

 Kangwe, Ogove R. {Good); 1 $, Kangwe, in CMP; Democratic Republic of the 

 Congo: i <$, Lulua, Kapanga, iii.1933 {Overlaet), in MRAC; 1 <J, Kafakumba, xi.1934 

 {Overlaet), in MRAC; Uganda: i $, Fort Portal, v.1958 {Carcasson), in NMK; 

 Kenya: i <$, Malowa Forest, Kabras, v. 1952 {Pinhey). 



Sijua latizonalis (Hampson) comb. n. 



(PI. 20, fig. 108; PI. 44, fig. 250; PI. 65, figs 418, 419) 



Rhodoneura latizonalis Hampson, 1897 : 622. 

 Banisia albisignata Warren, 1899a : 4, syn. n. 

 Rhodoneura latizonalis Hampson; Dalle Torre, 191 4 : 25. 

 Rhodoneura albisignata (Warren) Dalle Torre, 1914 : 18. 

 Rhodoneura latizonalis Hampson; Gaede, 1917 : 365. 

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

 Rhodoneura latizonalis Hampson; Gaede, 1929 : 493. 

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



cj. Wing, 11-13 mm. Vertex pale brown, irrorate with white. Frons brown, flattened 

 between eyes. Labial palps with third segment 1/3 length of second, upturned, just reaching 

 vertex. Thorax pale brown, irrorate with white. Outer spur of distal pair of hind tibia 1/2 

 length of inner spur; inner spur almost as long as 1st hind tarsal segment. Inner proximal 

 spur thinner than inner distal spur, but equal in length. Fore wing, pattern as in PI. 20, 

 fig. 108, pale grey-brown, black discal spot, black spots on costal margin, white apical area 

 with black spots. Underside paler than upper, white apical area with black spots conspicuous. 

 Iridescent scales in line subcostally. Hind wing, terminal and subterminal margins pale grey- 

 brown. Median fascia made up of spots of yellow scales surrounded by black. Basal area 

 similar, on either side of median fascia a broad band of white. Underside with median fascia 

 usually absent and whole area white. Sc+R t and Rs approach but do not join. 



Genitalia J (PI. 44, fig. 250). Median basal process well sclerotized. Cornuti absent. 



$. Wing, i2-i3'5 mm. Colour and pattern as male. Third segment of labial palp 1/2 

 length of second. 



Genitalia $ (PI. 65, figs 418, 419). Ostium with spiny pads on each side. Duct covered 

 with small plate-like spines. Bursa minutely spined, no signum. 



Discussion. This species is easily recognized by the two white fascia on the 

 hind wing and the rather faintly marked pale brown fore wing. The male genitalia 

 are very distinctive. The structure of the bursa is characteristic of the genus but 

 the shape of the ostium differentiates latizonalis from the other species. 



Distribution. Map 68. Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; 

 Democratic Republic of the Congo. 



Material examined. 



LECTOTYPE^ {latizonalis), here designated, Sierra Leone: I9.iv.[i8]95, Rhod- 

 oneura latizonalis Hampson, type, BM slide no. 9608, in BMNH. Holotype $ 

 {albisignata), Nigeria: Warri, vi.f1.8J97 {Roth), BM slide no. 9609, in BMNH. 



Sierra Leone: i $, vii.1896 (paralectotype) ; 1 <J, v. 1895 {Clements) (paralecto- 

 type) ; 1 (J, 3 $, Bo, vi-xi.1967 {Revell) ; 1 $, 1 $, Bo, i-iii.1969 {Revell) ; 1 $ (no other 

 data); Liberia: i <$, 10 ml., E. Monrovia, below 100 ft, start of rains, v. 1926 

 {Portal-Hyatt); Ghana: i $, Coomassie [KumasiJ {Whiteside); Nigeria: i $, Agbaja, 



