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Material examined. 



Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, holotype $, Pakistan: Karachi, vi. 1885 ' Zamarada 

 minimaria Swinhoe $ [sic] type', Geometridae genitaha slide no. 1596, in BMNH. 



The specimen of Zamarada minimaria iranica Brandt, labelled as type by its 

 author, is believed to be in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm, but it 

 has not yet been found (Gustavsson in litt., 11.viii.1971). The taxon is, however, 

 represented by several topotypical paratypes listed below. 



Pakistan: Karachi, iii. 1918 (Capt. C. B. Ticehurst), 1 $. Iran: Baluchestan, 

 Bender Tchahbahar, xii. 1937-iii. 1938 (Brandt), 2 <$, 3 <j> (paratypes of Zamarada 

 minimaria iranica Brandt) (BMNH); Strasse-Tchahbahar-Iranchar, Tahte-Malek, 

 750 m, Anfang iv. 1938 (Brandt), 2 £, 1 $ (paratypes of Zamarada minimaria iranica 

 Brandt) (ZSBS, Munich); Baluchestan, Iranshar, 800 m, 28-31.iii.1934 (Richter 

 u. Schduffele), 4 <$, 2 $ (ZSBS, Munich). Saudi Arabia: Buraiman, 19.1.1948 

 (E. P. Wiltshire), 2 $ (BMNH); El Riad, 6.VU.1959 (E. DierV), 1 $ (ZSBS, Munich); 

 Jidda, ii, iv, v, 5 ^, 8 $; Mecca, i, iv, 2 $; Taif, 23.vi.1934, 1 9; Wadi Qarma [i9°32' N. 

 40°58' E.], 14.ii.1937, 1 $; Aina [Ayna, i7°5o' N. 43°i6' E.], 5.XU.1936, 1 $; Najran, 

 1-3.xi.1936, 1 $ (all H. St. J. Philby). Yemen: Wadi Auban [i6°32' N. 45°o6' E.], 

 7.X.1936 (H. St. J. Philby), 1 $; Hodeida, 20.ix.1962 (G. Popov), 1 $; Near Saada 

 [i4°i4' N. 46°25' E.], 27.vii.1962 (G. Popov), 2 $ (all BMNH). 



Zamarada minimaria arenosa subsp. n. 



(PI. 95, figs 845, 846; Map 1) 



$ $. Distinguished from the nominate subspecies by the yellowish brown colour of the 

 vestiture and wings. Vestiture and basal area of each wing yellowish white mixed with 

 brownish yellow and pale grey. Non-hyaline terminal third of each wing yellowish white, 

 irrorate lightly with silvery grey and very lightly with black; subterminal fascia brownish 

 yellow, broad and irregular. 



Distribution (Map 1). Sudan, Niger, S. Algeria. 



Holotype $, Sudan: Ed Darner, Hudeiba [i7°37' N. 33°59' E.], 13.il. 1962 (R. 

 Remane) in ZSBS, Munich. 



Paratypes. Sudan: Kerma, 25.ii.1904, 1 $; Nakheila, R. Atbara, 5-8.ii.1904, 

 I o*. 2 $ (BMNH); Ed Darner, Hudeiba, i. 1962 (R. Remane), 13 <J, 14 $; ibidem, 

 ii. 1962, 43 (J, 23 $; ibidem, iii. 1962, 43 <$, 47 $; ibidem, iv. 1962, 7 $, 1 $; ibidem, 

 v. 1962, 6 (J, 1 $; ibidem, vi. 1962, 2 $; ibidem, 25.vii.1962, 1^,1$; ibidem, 8.viii.i962, 

 I 6*; ibidem, xi. 1961, 2 $, 2 $; ibidem, xii. 1961, 5 <$, 3 $ (ZSBS, Munich); Shendi 

 (N. C. Rothschild), 2 $, 2 $ (BMNH); Blue Nile Province, Wad Medani, 2.viii.i962 

 (R. Remane), 1 $ (ZSBS, Munich). 



The following examples are associated with subspecies arenosa, but are excluded 

 from the type-series, being somewhat intermediate in wing colouring between 

 subsp. arenosa and the nominate subspecies. 



Niger: Air, Tagengir R., 13.x. 1922 (^4. Buchanan), 1 $. Algeria: south, [Ahag- 

 gar] Oued Amra, no. of Ideles [23°5o' N. 5°55' E.], 4JV.1914, 1 <j>; Ti-n-tabarik 



