NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 37 



of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; tlie discocellulars angled to near base ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle ; 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Trachylepidia fructicassiella. 



Trachylepidia frutlicassiella. Rag. Ann. Noc. Enl. Fr. 1SS7. p. 260; id., Rom. Mim. viii. p. 469. 

 pi. 46, f. 15. 



Egypt ; Mozambique ; Transvaal ; Syria ; Punjab ; Bengal ; Ceylon. 



Gex. Paraphomia. 



Typo. 

 Paraphomia Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 501 (1901) ....... vineieella 



Proboscis slight ; palpi of male short, upturned, of female do^^ ncurved 

 and extending about the length of head ; maxillary paljii slight ; Irons with 

 small tuft of scales ; antennae short, the basal joint long and dilated. Forewing 

 with the costa arched, the apex rounded ; the cell narrow and lorg ; vein 2 

 from about the middle of cell ; 3 from well befcre angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; the 

 discocellulars angled ; 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell ; the male with glandular 

 sweUing at base of costa on underside. Hindwing with vein 2 from near angle 

 of ceU ; 3 and 5 strongly stalked, 4 absent ; the discocellulars angled inwards 

 almost to base ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing xi ith 8. 



(1) * Paraphomia vineteella. 



Paraphomia vineteella Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 502. pi. 55. f. 1 (1901). 

 Tenimber Is. ; Queensland, Cedar Bay. 



(2) * Paraphomia natalensis. 



Paraphomia natalensis Hmpsn., Rom. Mim. viii. p. 502. pi. 55. f. 5 (1901). 

 Natal. 



Gen. Aphomia. 



Type. 



Tinea Linn., Syst. Nat. edit. x. p. 496 (1858). partim t ? sociella 



i4pAom»a Hiibn., T'cr;. p. 369(1827) sociella 



§ Mdia Curt., Brit. Enl. vi. p. 201 (1829) nee Bilb. Crust. 1820 .... sociella 



MelianaCmt.. Brit. Ent. vi. InAeK (\fi2ii) sociella 



Mdiisoblaptes Zell., Isis. 1839. p. 180 foedella 



Bopora Wlk., xxxii. p. 620 (1865) ohlilerosa 



Paralipsa But!., A. M. N. H. (5). iv. p. 454 (1879) gularis 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi of male short, upturned, thickly scaled, 

 of female downcurved and extending about three times length of head ; maxillary 

 palpi dilated with scales ; frons with large tuft of hair above ; antennae about 

 half the length of wing, the 1st joint with tuft of scales below. Forewing rather 

 narrow, the costa arched, the termen evenly curved ; the males typically with 

 the cell very large and extending almost to the termen ; veins 3, 4, 5 widely 

 separated and parallel ; the discocellulars almost obsolete, 6 from below upper 

 angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 1 1 from cell ; a small glandular 

 swelling at base of costa on underside and the whole cell clothed with fine silky 

 scales ; female with the cell about two-thirds length of wing ; vein 3 from well 

 before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; the discocellulars strongly angled ; 6 from 



X Cf. p. 17- 



§ Curtis fixes the type as soct'eiia, and his description tind structural details on the plate of 

 Senia flammea are from sociella. 



