﻿new 
  African 
  Ileterocera. 
  550 
  

  

  ochreous 
  grey 
  with 
  dark 
  scales 
  below 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  dark 
  dash 
  

   above 
  vein 
  4 
  and 
  a 
  dark 
  oblique 
  dash 
  into 
  the 
  apex, 
  a 
  post- 
  

   median 
  waved 
  row 
  of 
  dark 
  points 
  ; 
  cell 
  and 
  costa 
  paler 
  than 
  

   rest 
  of 
  wing, 
  but 
  with 
  dark 
  fine 
  scales 
  scattered 
  about. 
  

   Secondaries 
  uniform 
  darker 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  3-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ha 
  b. 
  Malange, 
  W. 
  Africa 
  ; 
  December. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Leptolepida, 
  gen. 
  no 
  v. 
  

  

  Palpi 
  minute, 
  antennae 
  bipectinate 
  in 
  male. 
  Wings 
  : 
  pri- 
  

   maries 
  narrow, 
  costa 
  slightly 
  arched, 
  termen 
  gradually 
  

   rounded 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  secondaries 
  small, 
  somewhat 
  truncate 
  

   just 
  below 
  the 
  apex. 
  Neuration 
  : 
  primaries, 
  2 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  

   angle, 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  from 
  the 
  angle, 
  5 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  angle, 
  6, 
  7, 
  

   8, 
  9, 
  10 
  stalked, 
  6 
  well 
  away 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  cell, 
  9 
  almost 
  

   obsolete, 
  all 
  these 
  veins 
  lie 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  costa. 
  Secondaries 
  

   with 
  3 
  and 
  4, 
  and 
  also 
  6 
  and 
  7, 
  stalked 
  ; 
  5 
  from 
  just 
  below 
  

   the 
  centre. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Leptolepida 
  malangce, 
  B-B. 
  

  

  Leptolepida 
  malangw, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   $ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  iron-grey, 
  abdomen 
  yellowish 
  grey. 
  

   Primaries 
  iron-grey, 
  with 
  a 
  curved 
  basal 
  row 
  of 
  dark 
  dots, 
  

   and 
  a 
  waved 
  postmedian 
  row 
  of 
  dark 
  points 
  with 
  fine 
  outer 
  

   edgings 
  of 
  cream, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  fine 
  blackish 
  dash 
  along 
  the 
  

   veins 
  from 
  these 
  points 
  ; 
  costa 
  slightly 
  darker 
  than 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing; 
  termen 
  with 
  fine 
  brown 
  dots 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  vein. 
  

   In 
  the 
  subterminal 
  area 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  obscure 
  broadish 
  paler 
  

   grey 
  strongly 
  indented 
  line. 
  The 
  whole 
  wing 
  is 
  but 
  thinly 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  scales. 
  Secondaries 
  pale 
  grey. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  29 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Malange, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  ;• 
  Cleapa 
  afra, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  cJ 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  chocolate-brown, 
  abdomen 
  dark 
  grey. 
  

   Primaries 
  dark 
  chocolate-brown 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  subterminal 
  line, 
  

   beyond 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  much 
  paler 
  ; 
  a 
  median 
  zigzag 
  double 
  

   line 
  of 
  raised 
  scales 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  subterminal 
  

   line 
  waved 
  and 
  whitish, 
  the 
  area 
  beyond 
  being 
  greyish 
  in 
  the 
  

   tornal 
  area 
  and 
  pale 
  chocolate 
  above. 
  Secondaries 
  dirty 
  

   greyish, 
  getting 
  darker 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  termen. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gunnal, 
  West 
  Africa 
  ; 
  October. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

  

  Near 
  C. 
  latefascia, 
  Wlk., 
  from 
  India. 
  

  

  