I met Jean-Louis at the University of Yaoundé (Cameroon), where I arrived in 1979 to teach chemistry. He was responsible for the Zoology department, a discipline which my son François, although barely eight years old, was already passionate about. The two large aquariums which stood in Jean-Louis' vast office at the Faculty of Sciences and where Aphyosemions were evolving, naturally attracted him. The professor not only knew how to explain, but also how to tell a story, and François was a great listener. These were François' first steps in ichthyology, which he still practises today. This is his story.

Robinson & Kirke (1990) reported the occurrence of Melipotis obliquivia (Hampson, 1926) on Ascension Island. After more material was available for genitalia dissection and barcoding, the identity of the Melipotis population on Ascension has been verified. The specimens are conspecific with Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852), which is widely distributed in southern North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America. On Ascension the species is quite common, with a focus on the Green Mountain.

Three new species from Africa are described in the genus Coccothera Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Grapholitini). Coccothera yangambiana sp. nov., Coccothera willydeprinsi sp. nov. and Coccothera juratedeprinsi sp. nov. Diagnostic characters are illustrated and described, and the type locality is illustrated. The biology and distribution of the species are not known except for the collecting dates and locality.

Male and female genitalia show that two species are confused under the name Liptena undina (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894); the new species, which flies in the eastern part of the range of L. undina, is named L. dunnia sp. nov. It has two subspecies, the nominate in the east and subspecies reducta ssp. nov. in the west. New data are also provided on the distribution of Liptena ochrea Hawker-Smith, 1933.

Les genitalia mâles et femelles montrent que deux espèces sont confondues sous le nom de Liptena undina (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894). La nouvelle espèce, qui vole dans la partie orientale de l'aire de répartition, est nommée L. dunnia sp. nov.; elle comporte deux sous-espèces, la sous-espèce nominative à l’est et la sous-espèce reducta ssp. nov. à l’ouest. Des nouvelles données sont fournies sur la distribution de Liptena ochrea Hawker-Smith, 1933.

New faunistic data from Namibia are given for the family Metarbelidae. A total of 17 species are recorded and a new species is described: Metarbela dietermeyi sp. nov. The adults of the new species and specimens of Lukeniana raymondrevellii and two Selagena species are illustrated in colour. The male genitalia and wing venation of M. dietermeyi sp. nov. are depicted as line drawings and its systematic position is briefly discussed.