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VARNERIA NANNODES, new species. 



Fore wing bronzy purple-red. Hind wing translucent fuscous. 

 Expanse, 8 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 16424, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



I am not sure that Varneria is distinct from Eurytlimia; the small 

 size, bluntly rounded wings and short abdomen, together with the 

 peculiar coloration may, perhaps, hold the genus. 



MICROPHYCITA, new genus. 



Fore wing with vein 2 before angle of cell, 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent, 

 6 from slightly above middle of cross-vein, 7-8 absent, 9 and 10 

 stfilked, 11 on cell. Huid whig with five veins, cell open, 3 and 4 

 absent, 6 from 8, 7 absent. Labial palpi slender, upturned, the 

 third jomt long and thin. Maxillary palpi small. Tongue distinct. 

 Head rounded, smooth. 



Type of the genus. — Micwphycita titiUella, new species. 



MICROPHYCITA TITILLELLA, new species. 



Fore wing gray, irrorate with dark; a rufous tmt about outer portion; 

 two slender, slightly curved lines, parallel, approximate, the inner at 

 the middle of the wing, pale, edged toward median space with dark; 

 fringe long, gray. Hmd wing pointed at apex, the costa a little con- 

 cave, pale fuscous with long gray frmges. Expanse, 8 mm. 



Type.— Male, No. 16427, U.S.N.M.; Trmidad River, March, 1912 

 (Busck). Also 17 others with additional data. May, 1911, and June 

 1912 (Busck) and locality, Cabuna, May, 1911 (Busck). 



MICROPHYCITA CONOPS, new species. 



Dark bronzy black, without markings. Hind wing pale trans- 

 lucent fuscous, with dark termmal Ime; fringe very long, with pale 

 Ime at base, followed by a dark one. Expanse, 8 mm. 



Type— Female, No. 16428, U.S.N.M.; La Chorrera, April, 1912 

 (Busck). Also three others with additional data, May, 1912 (Busck) 

 and localities, Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck); Trinidad River, May, 

 1911 (Busck). 



MICROPHESTIA, new genus. 



Fore wmg with vems 2, 3, and 5 separate from near angle of cell, 

 4 absent, 6 below apex of cell, 8-9 coincident, 10, 11 on the cell. Hmd 

 wing with vein 2 long before the angle of the cell, 4-5 long-stalked, 

 6 from apex of cell, 7-8 coincident. Labial palpi slender, terete, 

 obliquely ascending; maxillary palpi small, filiform. 



Type of the genus. — MicropTiestia animalcula, new species. 



MICROPHESTIA ANIMALCULA, new species. 



Fore wmg glossy black-brown. Hmd wmg pale fuscous. Ex- 

 panse, 8 mm. 



Tj/pe.— Female, No. 16426, U.S.N.M.; Trinidad River, March, 1912 

 (Busck). 



