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fig. 1088). There does not appear to be any correlation between these variations 

 in wing pattern and the minor modifications noted in the symmetry of the valves. 



Distribution. Equatorial Africa. 



Material examined. 



Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, holotype 2, 'W. Africa' , without abdomen, 

 in BMNH. 



Senegal: Sedhiou, vii. 1917 (H. Castell), 2 <$. Ivory Coast: Bingerville, 

 hi, v, ix (G. Melon), 2 <J, 1 2 (BMNH); Lamto, 36 km N.N.W. of Tiassale, 

 20-23. iv.1969 (C Herbulot), 1 <$ (coll. Herbulot, Paris). Ghana: Tarkwa (A. F. 

 Brazenor), 1 2; Kumasi, Friapere Forest, 1 2. Nigeria: R. Niger, Sapele (F. W. 

 Sampson), 1 <J. Cameroun: Yoko (Joko) {Colin), 1 $ (MNHU, Berlin); 6km 

 N.E. d'Edea, 28-29.iii.1970, 1 <$; 8 km N. d'Edea, 30.iii-1.iv.1970, 2 £, 2 2 (all 

 C. Herbulot); Savanes d'Akak, 14 km N.N.E. Yaounde, 28.viii.1971, 1 g; M'Balmayo, 

 Ecole forestiere, 11.ix.1971, 1 q (both P. Darge) (all coll. Herbulot, Paris); Efulen, 

 ii-iv, vi, xi (H. L. Weber), 8 $, 2 2 (CM, Pittsburgh); Epulan, iv. 1926 (G. Schwab), 

 3 <$, 1 $ (BMNH). Zaire ('Belgian Congo'): Equateur, Loile River, Ikela, iv. 1959 

 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 $; Eastern Upper Ituri Valley, 30 miles S. of Irumu, tropical 

 forest, 3000ft, vii. 1924 (T. A. Barns), 1 $; Elisabethville, i, iv-v (C. Seydel), 

 5 $ (all BMNH). Zambia: Mwinilunga, Ksombo-Sombo, iv. 1963, 1 o (NMR, 

 Bulawayo); Zambezi, Mwinilunga, v. 1963, 1 <$ (BMNH). Uganda: Entebbe, 

 iv. 1961, 1 <J (NMR, Bulawayo); ibidem, hi. 1961 (N. Mitton), 1 2 (BMNH); 

 ibidem, xi. 1962 (E. S. Brown), 1 $ (NMK, Nairobi). Kenya: Kenya Coast, 

 Shimba Hills, xii. 1961 (R. H. Carcasson), 1 J, 1 $ (NMK, Nairobi). Tanzania: 

 Amani, ii. 1953 (E. Pinhey), 1 J (BMNH); ibidem, xi. 1965, 1 <£; Kigoma, Mukuyu, 

 xii. 1963, 1 cJ (both NMK, Nairobi). Mozambique: Beira, Savanie Forest, x, xi, 

 3 o 1 ; Chiluvo Hills, Vila Machado, 30.x. 1967, 3 ^; Chiluvo Hills, x-xi. 1963, 6 £ 

 (all NMR, Bulawayo); Xiluvo, Vila Machado dist., 15.1.1964 (D. M. Cookson), 

 1 cJ (TM, Pretoria); Dondo Forest, x-xi, 2 $ (NMR, Bulawayo). Malawi: 

 Mt Mlanje, ii, iv (S. A. Neave), 1 J, 1 2 (BMNH); Nkata Bay, xii. 1964, 1 2; Nkata 

 Bay, Mkuwadzi Forest, v. 1966, 2 $ (all NMR, Bulawayo). Rhodesia: Vumba, 

 22.iii.1966 (B. D. Barnes), 1 <$ (NMR, Bulawayo). 



The LATIMARGO-Grovp 



Moths in the group have the hyaline area of the wings tinged with green or 

 yellow and densely and coarsely striate with grey; discal spot on fore wing large 

 and ovate, grey outlined with dark brown, that on hind wing slender. Non- 

 hyaline terminal area greyish brown, the subterminal fascia marked in a darker 

 shade. 



Characterized in the male genitalia by the tapered, simple valve and the very 

 short, setose projection from its dorsal process, by the finely tapered aedeagus, 

 scobinate in apical fourth, with or without a digitate projection at one-half, and 



