REVISION OF GENUS ZA MA RA DA 165 



Distinguished externally from similarly coloured ignicosta by its larger size and 

 in the male by the presence of a dilate hind tibia with its tuft of long hair-scales. 

 In the male genitalia the form of the asymmetrical valves, in the female the form 

 of the sterigma and ductus bursae are diagnostic. 



Distribution. Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Rhodesia, Zambia, Zaire, 

 Angola. 



Material examined. 



Zamarada flavicaput Warren holotype $, Angola: Luacinga R., xi. 1899 

 {Prentice), Geometridae genitalia slide no. 5948, in BMNH. Zamarada pyrocincta 

 Hampson, lectotype r?, here designated, Zaire ('Belgian Congo'): Katanga, 

 Kambove, 4000-5000 ft, 22.iii.1907: 'Zamarada pyrocincta Hampson type $' [in 

 Hampson's hand-writing]: Geometridae genitalia slide no. 5937, in BMNH. 



Tanzania: Kigonsera, i $, i $ (MNHU, Berlin), 1 $ (BMNH). Mozambique: 

 Ruo Valley, i-io.v.1913 (S. A. Neave), 2 $, 2 $; E. of Mt Chiperone, 3-4.lv. 1913 

 (S. A. Neave), 1 ^, 2 $; Kola Valley, 8.^.1913 (S. A. Neave), 1 <$. Malawi: 

 Mt Mlanje, i, iii, iv (5. A. Neave), 4 $; Zomba Plateau, iv-v. 1920 (H. Barlow), 

 2 cJ, 1 $; Luchenza, Magunda Estate (F. Nisbet), 1 J (all BMNH); Cholo, 2700 ft 

 (R. C. Wood), 1 $ (CM, Pittsburgh). Rhodesia: Vumba Mts, Umtali, ii-iii. 1961, 

 1 <$; Salisbury, 15. ix. 1958 {A. J. Duke), 1 $ (both NMR, Bulawayo). Zambia: 

 Abercorn, i. 1956, 1 $ (NMR, Bulawayo); E. Luangwa Dist., Petauke, 2400ft, 

 xii. 1904-iii. 1905 (5. A. Neave), 1 £, 1 $ (BMNH), 11 <$, 5 $ (UM, Oxford) {Zamarada 

 Pyrocincta Hampson, paralectotypes) ; Luangwa Valley, 12-20 miles W. of Petauke, 

 1700 ft, 7.viii.i905, 1 $; East Luangwa Distr., Mbala country, 3-3500 ft, v. 1905, 

 1 cJ, 1 $; Mouth of Chambezi to Mansya, 4500 ft, 26-28. x. 1908, 2 $ {Zamarada 

 Pyrocincta Hampson, paralectotypes); Lower Chambezi Valley, Mpika district, 

 3900 ft, 20. v. 1908, 1 <$ {Zamarada pyrocincta Hampson, paralectotype) ; Lower 

 Chambezi Valley, Kasama Dist., 3900 ft, 7. v. 1908, 1 o {Zamarada pyrocincta 

 Hampson, paralectotype) (all S. A. Neave, in UM, Oxford); Fort Jameson to 

 Lundazi, 4000ft, 9.VL1910 (S. A. Neave), 1 $; Fort Jameson {A. A. Longshaw), 

 1 cT; Bwana Mkubwa, ix. 1929 {Bell- Mar ley), 1 $ (all BMNH); Ndola, Fatima 

 School, 6.1.1964 {E. Hausmann), 1 $ (ZSBS, Munich); Solwezi, iii. i960, 1 ^; 

 Mwinilunga, Zambezi Rapids, i. 1965, 2 $ (all NMR, Bulawayo); Nkana (i2°5o' S. 

 28°n' E.), ii. 1934 {Mrs Prismall), 1 $ (TM, Pretoria). Zaire ('Belgian Congo'): 

 Region de M'pala {R. P. Guilleme), 2 <$ (BMNH); Kabunda, xii. 1928 (C. Seydel), 



1 (J (MRAC, Tervuren); Lualaba Valley, 1 3; Kikura R., Lifura Valley, 8.V.1919 

 {T. A. Barns), 1 $ (BMNH); Elisabethville, vi, viii-xi (C. Seydel), 4 $ (BMNH), 



2 $ (ZSBS, Munich), 7 ^, 11 $ (MRAC, Tervuren); Katanga, Kipopo (Elisabethville), 

 x-xii. 1961 {Don R. Mare'chal), 1 ^ (MRAC, Tervuren); 18 miles S.W. Elisabethville 

 {Dr H. S. Evans), 1 $ (BMNH); Lubumbashi, xi. 1926 (C. Seydel), 1 $ (TM, 

 Pretoria). Angola: Cubal R., ii-iv. 1899 {Prentice), 4 <J; Bihe, Ceramba, iii. 1903 

 {W. C. Bell), 1 $; Bihe, Bingondo, 20-24.X.1904 {Ansorge), 1 ^; Bihe, Gamba, 

 xii. 1934 {R. Braun), 1 9; N. Bailundu, 1901 {Pemberton), 1 $ (all BMNH): Malange 



