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13 (11) Membranous valve without setose ridge; dorsal process of valve sharply- 

 angled at two-thirds. Uncus slenderly produced. Fulcrum with a pair 

 of strongly sclerotized, scobinate projections at two-thirds anacantha (p. 32) 

 - Membranous valve with weak setose, longitudinal ridge parallel with dorsal 



margin developed in a few examples, but usually absent; dorsal process 

 evenly curved. Uncus short, tapered to narrowly rounded apex. Fulcrum 

 slender and without projection; apical third finely and densely scobinate 



phaeozona (p. 35) 



Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe 

 (Text-figs 15, 16; PI. 3, figs 461, 462; PI. 95, figs 843-846; Map 1) 



Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895 : 2 93- 



0* $ (PI. 95, figs 843-846). Proximal two-thirds of wings hyaline, sparsely irrorate with 

 dominant colour of non-hyaline terminal third; medial fascia usually conspicuously light 

 yellow mixed with yellowish brown; discal spot on fore wing pale, ringed with dark brown, 

 that on hind wing a minute, dark dot. 



O* genitalia (Text-figs 15, 16). Uncus short and stout, apex slightly dilate and rounded, 

 base with long setae dorsally. Gnathus broadly curved, medially scobinate. Valve simple, 

 apex rounded; dorsal process with acicular projection at three-fourths. Fulcrum seven- 

 ninths as long as aedeagus, apex minutely but densely scobinate. Aedeagus tapered and 

 sclerotized in apical third, dorsal surface partly serrate. Vesica with a cluster of 9-10 spines. 



9 genitalia (PI. 3, figs 461, 462). Ostium bursae slightly asymmetrical, incised medially 

 on posterior margin. Corpus bursae membranous; signum semi-circular, edges serrate. 



Measurements. Fore wing: $ 8-1 1 mm; $ 7-50-11-25 mm. Antennal pectinations: <J 

 11 X , $ 8 X diameter of shaft. 



Distinguished from the superficially rather similar Z. torrida sp. n. by the clearly 

 ringed, not elongate, discal spot on the fore wing and by the presence of the yellowish 

 medial fascia on each wing. In the male, minimaria may be further distinguished 

 by the simple hind tibia; that of torrida is dilate, enclosing a tuft of long hair-scales. 



Distribution (Map 1). Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Chad, 

 Niger, S. Algeria. 



Two subspecies are recognized, distinguished by the colour of the vestiture and 

 wings. 



Zamarada minimaria minimaria Swinhoe 

 (PI. 95, figs 843, 844, Map 1) 



Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe, 1895 : 2 93- Holotype $, Pakistan (BMNH) [examined]. 



Zamarada minimaria Swinhoe; Hampson, 1896 : 552. 



Zamarada minimaria iranica Brandt, 1941 : 878, pi. 30, fig. 36. Holotype, sex unknown, 



Iran (believed to be in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, but not yet found). 

 Zamarada minimaria iranica Brandt; Wiltshire, 1949 : 425, text-fig. 109 (^ genitalia). 



(J 9- Vestiture and basal area of each wing pale grey mixed with dark grey. Non-hyaline 

 terminal third of each wing dark grey mixed with silvery grey and black. 



Distribution (Map 1). Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. 





