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Material examined. 



Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, holotype $, Cameroun ('Neu-Kamerun') : Niger- 

 Benue Dampferfahrt (Houy), in MNHU, Berlin. Zamarada flavicincta Hampson 

 ab. nigericola Strand, holotype $, Nigeria: south, Abutshi (P. H. Newman), in 

 BMNH. Zamarada acichemena Prout, holotype <$, Zaire ('Belgian Congo'): 

 Sankaru, Komi, ix-x. 1929 (/. Ghesquiere) , in MRAC, Tervuren. 



Nigeria: Agberi, 13.ix.1901 (Ansorge), 1 $; Iju, vii. i960 (/. Boorman), 1 §; 

 Calabar, ii. 1961 (G. Markham), 1 <$. Cameroun: Efulen, hi, vi (H. L. Weber), 

 2 $ (CM, Pittsburgh). Gabon: Mouila, 25.ix.1964 (P. Darge), 1 £ (coll. Herbulot, 

 Paris). Zaire ('Belgian Congo'): Equateur, Ikela, Loile River, iv. 1959 (R. H. 

 Carcasson), 1 $ (NMK, Nairobi); Lulonga, Befale, 15. ix. 1927 (/. Ghesquiere), 1 $ 

 (MRAC, Tervuren); Ukakuraka (i°56' N. 20 o 24' E.), 29.xii.1948 [T. Wikely), 1 $ 

 (BMNH); Lowa, io.x.1955 (F. G. Overlaert), 1 $; Lunsele (5°o' S. 23°34' E.), 

 11.ix.1950 (P. Hostie), 1 $; Sankaru, Katako-Kombe, 22.vi.1952 (Dr M. Fontaine), 

 1 (J; ibidem, 21.xii.1951, 1 $ (all MRAC, Tervuren); W. Kivu, Ibanda, 1938 

 (Vandelanoitte), 1 $ (BMNH). Uganda: Toro, Kibale Forest, v. 1966 (R. H. 

 Carcasson), 1 $ (NMK, Nairobi); Masaka, Sango Bay, Katera, xi. 1954 (T. H. E. 

 Jackson), 1 J (BMNH). 



Zamarada dialitha sp. n. 



(Text-figs 258, 259; PI. 54, figs 666, 667; PI. no, fig. 993) 



(J $ (PI. no, fig. 993). Hyaline area of wings greyish yellow (pi. 3, B5, wax-yellow), not 

 extending distad beyond two-thirds of wing between veins M 3 and Cu lb ; costa of fore wing, 

 large discal spot extending to costa and large spot and posterior margin of each wing brownish 

 orange; the two large spots are joined on the hind wing in some examples. Dentate 

 subterminal fascia light buff; remainder of wings greyish orange (pi. 6, B6-7) suffused with 

 brownish orange to reddish golden (pi. 6, C5— 6) proximad of subterminal fascia. Underside 

 of non-hyaline area of wings uniformly brownish orange (pi. 5, C4). 



$ genitalia (Text-figs 258, 259). Valve slightly tapered apicad; apex of dorsal margin 

 produced, tapered and sclerotized with a slight ridge below tip. Twin blades of fulcrum with 

 truncate and serrate apical margins. 



9 genitalia (PI. 54, figs 666, 667). Corpus bursae long and slender, weakly sclerotized in 

 posterior tenth; stellate signum situate in anterior fifth. 



Measurements. Fore wing: <$ 15-16 mm; $ 16 mm. Antennal pectinations: £ 14 X, 

 $ 7 x diameter of shaft. 



The colour and strikingly distinct pattern of the wings are diagnostic. 



Distribution. Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire. 



Holotype <$, Cameroun: Efulen, 19.xi.1924 (H. L. Weber), in CM, Pittsburgh. 



Paratypes. Cameroun: Efulen, 7.xi.ig22 (H. L. Weber), 1 g; ibidem, 15.xi.1922, 

 1 (J; ibidem, 17.xi.1922, 1 ^, 1 $ (all CM, Pittsburgh). Gabon: Belinga, Camp 

 Central, 700m, 22.ih.1963 (G. Bernardi), 1 $ (MBG, Paris); Franceville, io.v.1963 

 (P. Darge), 1 <$ (coll. Herbulot, Paris). Zaire ('Belgian Congo'): Sankaru, 

 Katako-Kombe, 17.xi.1951 {Dr M. Fontaine), 1 $ (MRAC, Tervuren). 



