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tonchiiig a dark Pcll-spof; diit-ci' liiir diirl; lirown, (ilili(|UP, iVoiu iiiiior ninrgiu at 

 twcr-tliirds towards ajjex, before wlii(;li it is retracted to the costa and interrupted, 

 followed I)}' a deep brown fascia, wbicli runs as a narrow streak into apex and is 

 edged by the paler submarginal line; fringe brown, with a dark I)rown basal 

 line. 



Himhr'nujs: with cell-spot, a dilfiise median, and jninctnlate postmedian line, 

 brown. 



Underside ])al('r brown, rather shining, with the ditfnse median sliade and 

 dotted outer line marked. Head and thorax black-brown; abdomen rcd-iirown; 

 vertex white. 



Expanse of wings : lU mm. 



Two S $ from Sao Paulo. 



85. Odontoptila cubitata sp. nov. 



Foreirings : dull whitish, semihyaline, with a few scattered dark scales; costa 

 fnscous; first line at one-fourth, fuscous, curved on the median, then oblique inwards; 

 second at two-thirds, oblicjue outwards and sharply angled on vein (3, then sinuous 

 inwards to two-thirds of inner margin ; the cell-spot large, ochreous fuscous, 

 followed by some fuscous scaling in the angle of the second line; outer line at 

 four-fifths, brown, flexuous, Iiluntly angled at vein (i; marginal area ochreous 

 fuscous, traversed by a distinct submarginal line of white luuules; marginal line 

 brown ; fringe white, with brown tips. 



Hindirhiys : with faint antemedian line, small black cell-dot, and double waved 

 submarginal line, filled up with fuscous only from costa to vein ti; fringe whitish, 

 with dark dots at tlie teeth. 



Underside the same, but ihillei' and more sutfused witli fuscous. Face dark: 

 thorax and abdomen whitish, the latter marked with fuscous above. 



Expanse of wings: 21 mm. 



One c? from Cucuta, Venezuela. 



86. Odontoptila margarita sp. nov. 



Forewini/s : pearly white, semihyaline ; the costa ochreous and grey; first line 

 very obscure, dark fuscous, at one-fourth, running obliciuely outwards and inter- 

 rupted, marked by blackish dots on the veins; median line marked only by a black 

 spot on costa and inner margin; outer line at tliree-fonrths, strongly sinuous, marked 

 with black in the middle and above inner margin, the sinus outwards above vein 

 and between veins 2 and 4 faintly marked witli grey; followed by a grey shade, 

 which is darkest in the corresjionding portions, and edged outwardly witli white, its 

 lower edge lunulate; marginal area grey; marginal line brown, interrupted by the 

 white veins and by an oblique pale apical streak; fringe white, with blackish dots at 

 the ends of veins, except veins 5 and 0. 



JlirKhinni/x : similar, without any trace of first line. 



Underside witli base of costa of forewings and a sinuous snbmarginal fascia 

 black; the marginal area on forewings also blackish. Face black: tliorax and 

 abdomen white. 



Exjianse of wings: 1 '.i mm. 



Two c^cf from Ciicuta, N'eneznela. 



