184 D. S. FLETCHER 



<$ 9- Hyaline area of wings sparsely striate with brown and finely edged distally with dark 

 brown and silvery grey; discal spots minute, dark brown; costa of fore wing buff sparsely 

 striate with brown. Non-hyaline terminal area uniformly brownish orange (pi. 6, C5-C6) 

 very lightly irrorate with a darker shade; dentate subterminal fascia light brown (pi. 6, D6), 

 only weakly denned in apical half of each wing; termen slenderly dark brown. 



Measurements. Fore wing: $ 16-17 mm; $ 15-17 mm. Antennal pectinations: ^ 12 x, 

 $ 5 X diameter of shaft. 



Distinguished from similarly coloured forms of glareosa by the presence of a 

 minute discal dot instead of a darkly outlined, ovate spot. 



Distribution. Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire. 



Material examined. 



Zamarada plana Bastelberger, lectotype <$ here designated, Tanzania ('D. Ost 

 Afrika'): Nyasaland, Kigonsera: Coll. Bastelberger: Type no. 2702, in NMS, 

 Frankfurt. 



Tanzania: Kigonsera, 1 <$ (BMNH), 1 <J (ZSBS, Munich). Malawi: Luchenza, 

 Magunda Estate (F. Nisbet), 4 J; Luchonza, 30 miles from Blantyre (N. Nisbet), 

 1 cJ (all BMNH). Rwanda: Kibungu, 1900 m, 26.vi.1951, 1 $ (MRAC, Tervuren). 

 Burundi: Kitega, 20-23. vi. 1966 (Dr M Fontaine), 2 $ (MRAC, Tervuren). Zaire 

 ('Belgian Congo'): Sankaru, Papoolio, 28.viii.1949 [Dr M. Fontaine), 1 $ (BMNH). 



Zamarada plana denticincta Hampson comb. n. 

 (PI. 113, fig. 1025) 



Zamarada denticincta Hampson, 1910 : 469, pi. 39, fig. 6. LECTOTYPE -J, Zambia (BMNH), 



here designated [examined]. 

 Zamarada denticincta Hampson; Janse, 1932 : 138, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



(J $. Hyaline area of wings tinged with greyish yellow (pi. 4, B4) and finely edged distally 

 with brown and silvery grey; discal spots minute, dark brown; costa of fore wing greyish 

 yellow (pi. 4, B6) sparsely striate with brownish grey. Non-hyaline terminal area brownish 

 grey (pi. 8, C2) ; dentate subterminal fascia strongly defined, dark brown edged distally with 

 light buff; termen slenderly dark brown. 



Measurements. Fore wing: $Q 13-18 mm. Antennal pectinations: <J 13 x,$4 X diameter 

 of shaft. 



Readily distinguished from the nominate subspecies by the greyish yellow 

 hyaline area and by the darker and more strongly patterned non-hyaline terminal 

 area of each wing. 



Distribution. Kenya, Zaire, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Rhodesia- 

 Transvaal, Natal, Cape Province. 



Material examined. 



Zamarada denticincta Hampson, lectotype £ here designated, Zambia ('N.E. 

 Rhodesia'): East Luangwa Dist., 2400ft, Petauke, 14.iii.1905 (S. A. Neave), Pres. 

 by him and B.S.A. Co.: Zamarada denticincta Hampson type $ [in Hampson's 

 hand-writing]: Geometridae genitalia slide no. 3642, in BMNH. 



