CRAMBID2E. 
379 
CHARXTOPEPLA, n. g. 
Face slightly conical-prominent centrally ; tongue developed. 
Labial palpi moderate, porrect, somewhat loosely scaled, terminal 
joint short, pointed. Maxillary palpi not much shorter than labial, 
triangularly expanded with scales. Forewings 2 from |, 3 from 
angle, 4 and 5 approximated basally, 7 separate, 8 and 9 stalked, 
10 closely approximated, 11 concurrent with 12. Hindwings with 
cubital pecten ; 2 from near beyond middle, 3 from near angle, 
4 and 5 nearly approximated from strongly produced angle, 6 well 
separated from upper angle, 7 from angle, shortly anastomosing with 
8 at about 
Ancestral to preceding. 
Charitopepla drosocapna, n. sp. 
2 . 37 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown ochreous. Labial 
and maxillary palpi yellowish, apex black. Thorax whitish some¬ 
what mixed ochreous and sprinkled black, a posterior grey spot 
sprinkled black. Fore wings rather elongate-triangular, costa slightly 
arched, termen rather obliquely rounded; grey-whitish, rather 
thinly and regularly irrorated black throughout ; costal edge yellow- 
ochreous, extreme edge blackish near base ; a terminal series of deep 
black dots : cilia pale golden-metallic. Hindwings light grey; 
cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Belgian Congo, Katanga (A . JSmoule 7 i ) ; 1 ex. (Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
APHROPKAHTXS, n. g. 
Face rounded; tongue developed. Antennae $ shortly 
ciliated. Labial palpi long, porrect, clothed with dense rough 
scales diminished anteriorly, on second joint very long and roughly 
expanded beneath. Maxillary palpi moderate, triangularly expanded 
with rough scales. Forewings termen somewhat indented above 
middle ; 2 from beyond middle, 3 from |, 4 and 5 somewhat 
approximated from angle, 7 separate, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 approxi¬ 
mated, 11 concurrent with 12. Hindwings l^, with cubital pecten ; 
c S beneath with very large membranous upturned subdorsal lobe 
enclosing a deep pocket; cell short; 2 and 3 approximated, 4 and 5 
apparently stalked (distorted by lobe), 6 remote from 7, 7 anasto¬ 
mosing rather shortly with 8. 
Allied to Hednotci . 
Aphrophantis velifera, n. sp. 
J . 21 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi grey-whitish, transversely 
barred grey suffusion. Forewings very elongate-triangular, costa 
slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly oblique, somewhat 
indented on vein 5 ; ochreous-whitish, tinged pale brownish except 
towards dorsum, and irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous ; first line 
antemedian, indicated by 3 or 4 blackish dots, supraplical and 
subdorsal largest; costal edge white posteriorly, with one or two 
