Eretis melania Mabille 1891

[Eretis melania Mabille]
Eretis melania Mabille, 1891: 71 (Gabon). =Sarangesa perpaupera Holland, 1892b: 288 (Ogove).
This species, presently unrecorded from Liberia, almost certainly occurs there since Evans (1937: 39) cites specimens from Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Ghana in the long series in the British Museum collection, and Berger (1962: 450) mentions a specimen from Ivory Coast. The Carnegie Museum collection has series from Cameroon and Uganda in addition to a specimen labelled as the type of perpaupera and bearing a locality label citing Natal. There are several specimens in the Museum which bear highly suspect "Natal" labels and Evans cites no South African melania. Holland's original description of perpaupera, however, expressly states the specimen came from Ogove, Gabon, and the Holland type agrees in all respects with his description, so it was undoubtedly taken in Gabon.