CRAMBIDiE. 
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CRAMBID^E. 
Crambus cistites, n. sp. 
d 2 . 21-23 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated 
greyish. Palpi grey-whitish irrorated dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, rather dilated, costa slightly arched, termen somewhat 
rounded, little oblique ; rather dark brown ; some blackish-grey 
irroration in lower part of disc, a subquadrate submedian blotch of 
dark grey suffusion more or less expressed in disc beyond middle, 
portions of first and second dark brown lines more or less marked 
before and beyond this, elsewhere obsolete; dorsal area sometimes 
speckled rather dark grey ; two or three blackish points on lower 
part of termen : cilia whitish-grey more or less distinctly barred 
brown with some blackish, beyond the blackish points a slight 
metallic tinge at base. Hindwings grey, a darker terminal line ; 
cilia light greyish. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, November ( C . Seydel ); 3 ex. 
Type Belg. Cong. Mus. 
Chilo prophylactes, n. sp. 
d $ . 21-25 mm. Head, thorax white, a more or less developed 
lateral streak of grey or dark grey suffusion on apical |. Fore¬ 
wings very elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched, termen 
rounded, rather oblique; d pale bronzy-ochreous, 2 whitish- 
ochreous ; a fine dark fuscous costal streak from base almost to 
apex, extreme costal edge whitish, beneath it a rather broad white 
stripe from base to apex occupying nearly ^ of wing, in d and 
one $ some greyish suffusion beneath this, veins 2-5 infuscated: 
cilia ochreous-whitish, two greyish shades. Hindwings and cilia 
whitish. 
Belgian Congo, S.E. Katanga, Ng.aye (7f. P. Claquin) ; 3 ex. 
Type Belg. Cong. Mus. 
Ancylolomia stenochtha, n. sp. 
d 26-28 mm., $ 41 mm. Head, palpi, thorax brownish- 
ochreous. Antennae d unipectinate (3), pectinations very thick, 
tooth-like, obtuse, 2 dentate. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, 
costa gently arched towards base, termen bowed, little oblique ; 
brownish-ochreous, a very few dark fuscous specks; costal edge d 
infuscated, becoming darker posteriorly, $ fuscous on posterior 
half only; dorsal edge suffused dark fuscous from ^ to tornus; 
sometimes a dark fuscous dot on upper angle of cell; a terminal 
series of small black dots : cilia ochreous, tips paler. Hindwings 
rather dark grey; cilia light grey. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, December ((7. Seydel ); 5 ex. 
(4 cJ,l 2 )• Type Belg. Cong. Mus. 
Cypholomia amphiaula, n. sp. 
d . 28 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi 3, grey. Antennae 
unipectinate. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen rather 
vol. iv.— October 1934. 2 m 
