marmorata (Canthecona) Dallas 1851: 90 . [Fig. 108]

Original data: “ ♂”; “a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby.” [syntype (s)]

SYNTYPE ♂: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type disc; “Int. S. Africa / 43 19”; “3. CANTHECONA MARMORATA,”; “a”; “NHMUK 010592164”. Right middle and posterior legs missing (Fig. 108).

Current status: Afrius purpureus (Westwood, 1837) (synonymised by Roell et al. 2019: 25).

Notes: Walker (1867a: 130) listed only one specimen from the same provenance (South Africa, Earl of Derby); it is likely that Dallas described the species from this unique specimen but we cannot be totally sure, we therefore consider the specimen a syntype. Strangely, Thomas (1994: 151) wrote “the Holotype female of Canthecona marmorata Dallas was located in the BM(NH)”. Dallas described the species from one (or more) male, and we have also found a male in the collection; Thomas may have misread his notes. Because of the doubt he introduced as to the sex of the specimen, we cannot consider this as a valid lectotype designation by inference of the holotype.