230 D. S. FLETCHER 



(T. H. C. Taylor), i $ (ARS, Kawanda). Kenya: Kakamega, iii. 1966 (R. H. 



Carcasson), 1 £ (NMK, Nairobi). 



Zamarada perlepidata (Walker) 



(Text-figs 390, 391; PI. 81, figs 779, 780; PI. 119, fig. 1070; Map 5) 



Comibaena perlepidata Walker, [1863] 1862 : 1565. Holotype $, Sierra Leone (BMNH) 



[examined]. 

 Zamarada perlepidata (Walker); Swinhoe, 1904 : 518. 



Zamarada exquisita Warren, 1909 : 115. Holotype $, Sierra Leone (BMNH) [examined]. 

 Zamarada perlepidata (Walker); Prout, 1915 : 343 [synonymy]. 

 Zamarada perlepidata (Walker); Herbulot, 1954 : 329. 



cj$ (PI. 119, fig. 1070). Hyaline area of wings white finely edged distally with black, then 

 with light grey; costa and large, round discal spot on fore wing brownish grey (pi. 6, F2) to 

 black, otherwise immaculate. Proximal half of non-hyaline terminal area light brown (pi. 6, 

 D8) varyingly suffused with brownish grey to black; hind wing usually clear light brown 

 between costa and vein M 3 . Distal half of non-hyaline terminal area brownish grey (pi. 6, F2) 

 to black. Subterminal fascia not marked. Underside of non-hyaline terminal area and discal 

 spot on fore wing uniformly brownish grey. 



In the male the hind femur fringed with long, buff hair-scales; hind tibia with longitudinal, 

 sclerotized fold, into which the femoral hair-scales appear to lie when the leg is folded. 



g genitalia (Text-figs 390, 391). Ventral plate of gnathus very slender, rounded at apex. 

 Juxta tapered. Valves asymmetrical. Vesica without cornutus. 



$ genitalia (PI. 81, figs 779, 780). Ductus bursae ribbed and sclerotized; operculum at 

 right side of asymmetrical sterigma. Lamella ante vaginal is without sclerotized plate 

 extending anteriorly. 



Measurements. Fore wing: $ 15-17 mm; $ 14— 16 mm. Antennal pectinations: £ 6 x, 

 $ 3 X diameter of shaft. 



The colour and pattern of the wings are diagnostic. Distinguished from the 

 similarly coloured terpsichore by the much straighter course of the distal margin 

 of the hyaline area on the fore wing; from dolorosa by the presence of light brown 

 colour in the proximal half of the non-hyaline terminal area of each wing. 



Distribution (Map 5). W. Africa, Guinea to Ghana. 



Material examined. 



Comibaena perlepidata Walker, holotype $, Sierra Leone: (Rev. D. F. Morgan), 

 Geometridae genitalia slide no. 6340, in BMNH. Zamarada exquisita Warren, 

 holotype $, Sierra Leone: Moyamba, v. 1903 (D. Cator), Geometridae genitalia 

 slide no. 6342, in BMNH. 



Guinea: Soundedou, near Macenta, 1600 ft, 13.V.1926 (C. L. Collenette), 2 $; 

 Massadou, near Macenta, 1600 ft, 13-17.V.1926 (C. L. Collenette), 1 <$. Sierra 

 Leone: Freetown, x-xii. 1968 (D. F. Owen), 8 ^, 2 $ (all BMNH). Liberia: 

 Nimba, Grassfield, vi-vii. 1967 (A. Forbes-Watson), 2 $ (NMK, Nairobi). Ivory 

 Coast: Bingerville, vi, viii (G. Melon), 3 $, 3 $ (BMNH); Yapo-Sud, 22 km S.E. 

 of Agboville, 12-18.iv.1969 (C. Herbulot), 1 <J, 4 $ (coll. Herbulot, Paris). Ghana: 



