86 d. s. fletcher 



Material examined. 



Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, holotype q, Angola: north, N'Dalla Tando, 

 2700 ft, 19.xi.1908 (Dr W. J. Ansorge), Geometridae genitalia slide no. 1679, in 

 BMNH. 



Angola: Malange distr., Matete, 27.xi.1957 (Gerd Heinrich), 1 j (ZSBS, Munich); 

 Quirimbo, 75 km E. of Amboim, 300 m, 7-12.V.1934 (Dr K. Jordan), 3 <J, 1 $; 

 Amboim district, Fazenda Congulu, 700-800 m, 7-16.iv.1934 (Dr K. Jordan), 3 J, 

 2 $; Pungo Andongo, iv. 1875 (A. v. Homey er), 2 £; holotype locality, 16. xi. 1908, 

 1 $ (all BMNH). Cameroun: Bitje, Ja River, x-xi, 3 £ (BMNH); Efulen, i, vi, 

 ix-xii (H. L. Weber), 7 <$, 2 $ (CM, Pittsburgh). Nigeria: Ashanti, Juaso (G. H. 

 Gibbs), 1 $ (BMNH). Guinea: Nimba, vii-xii. 1951 (Lamotte & Roy), 3 £ (MNHX, 

 Paris). Central African Republic: Bangui, 1 $ (BMNH). Zaire ('Belgian 

 Congo'): Lubudi, ii. i960, 1 <J (BMNH), 1 J (NMR, Bulawayo); Elisabethville, 

 5.U1.1952 (C. Seydel), 1 $\ ibidem, 15.iv.1952, 1 (both BMNH). Uganda: 

 Bwamba, ii-iii. 1957 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 <J; Fort Portal, Mpanga Forest, ii. 1957 

 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 <^; Entebbe, hi. 1961 (N. Mitton), 1 $; Kampala, Kabanyolo 

 Farm, viii. 1965 (W. Block), 1 <$; Jinja, Mabira Forest, x. 1962 (R. H. Carcasson), 

 1 <$ (all NMK, Nairobi); Kawanda Research Station, i, xi, xii (D. N. McNutt), 

 10 ^, 2 $ (BMNH). Kenya: west, Kakamega, hi. 1966 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 $ 

 (NMK, Nairobi); Elgeyo Escarpment, Marakwet, 2500m, 1 $ (MNHN, Paris); 

 Mt. Elgon, ii-iii. 1957 (T. H. E. Jackson), 1 $ (BMNH). Tanzania: Mt. Meru, 

 Momella, 1600-1800 m, 1-10.ii.1964 (W. Forster), 6 (J, 10 $ (ZSBS, Munich); 

 E. Usambara, Amani, xi. 1965 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 £ (NMK, Nairobi); Kigonsera, 

 1 (J (BMNH), 1 (J (ZSBS, Munich); ibidem, ii. i960 (Pater 0. Morger), 1 $ (ZSBS, 

 Munich); Tukuyu Dist., Massoko, 26.vii.1924 (N. C. E. Miller), 1 $ (BMNH); 

 Marangu, 1500 m, 18.X.1952, 1 $ (ZSBS, Munich). Zambia: Ndola, v. 1968, 1 ^ 

 (NMR, Bulawayo). Malawi: Ruo Valley, 1000 ft, 12.vii.1913, 1^,1$; Mlanje, 

 2300 ft, 16.vii.1913, 1 $; Mlanji Boma, 2400 ft, 27.iv.1913, 1 ^; Mt. Mlanje, 30.x. 1913, 

 1 $ (allS. A. Neave); Zomba Plateau, vi. 1920 (H. Barlow), 1 $ (all BMNH); Zomba, 

 15. v. 1955, 1 ^ (NMR, Bulawayo). 



Zamarada excavata acis subsp. n. 



(Text-fig. 116; PI. 26, figs 555, 556) 



Distinguished by the shorter length of the acicular projection from the aedeagus, which 

 is 1-25 times as long as the greatest width of the aedeagus. 



In the female genitalia the digitate process from the sterigma is reduced in length, extending 

 only just into the posterior fourth of the sclerotized part of the corpus bursae. 



On the upperside of the wings, the subterminal fascia is darker and more heavily marked 

 than in the nominate subspecies. In some examples the remainder of the non-hyaline terminal 

 area is suffused with dark grey. The underside of the non-hyaline terminal area is uniformly 

 dark grey, except for the slightly paler apical area in the fore wing of the male. 



Distribution. N. & E. Madagascar. 



