NO. 2043. NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM PANAMA— BU8CK. 67 



giving the joint the appearance of being bifurcate. Head and thorax 

 ochreous brown. Forewings dark grajdsh brown dusted with black 

 and with numerous short, transverse, blackish streaks; two faint, 

 light ochreous, longtitudinal streaks, one through the middle of the 

 wing from base to the end of the cell, the other along the fold ; at basal 

 fourth just above the fold is a small, reddish brown, black edged spot; 

 cilia ochreous brown dusted with black. Hind wings dark brown. 

 Abdomen dark brown above, dark ochreous on the underside. Legs 

 dark ochreous, broadly barred with blackish brown. 



Alar expanse. — 14-17 mm. 



Habitat. — Corozal, La Chorrera, and Alhajuela, Panama. April, 

 May. 



Type-specimen.— C&t. No. 16772, U.S.N.M. 



Recognized among the small sized species described in the genus 

 by the long, slender, peculiarly tufted palpi. 



ACROLOPHUS BACTRA, new species. 



Labial palpi light ochreous mottled with black exteriorly, long, 

 slender, compressed, overarching thorax; two first joints somewhat 

 thickened with appressed scales; terminal joint with large, rounded, 

 compressed tuft. Face light ochreous. Head and thorax dark 

 brownish fuscous. Forewing unusually narrow and pointed, of the 

 same size and shape as the Tortricid genus Bactra; light ochi-eous 

 brown, overlaid with darker brown and black scales; a series of equi- 

 distant, blackish brown, costal spots; a large, blackish blotch at the 

 end of the cell and a blackish, oblique streak on the base of the cell ; a 

 blackish brown marginal line along termen; ciha ochreous dusted 

 with black. Hindwings light fuscous. Abdomen dark brown with 

 lighter brown underside and ochreous anal tuft. Legs light ochreous 

 brown. 



Alar expanse. — 15-16 mm. 



Habitat. — Alhajuela, Panama. 



Type-specimen.— Cat. No. 16773, U.S.N.M. 



The type-specimen has veins 7 and 8 stalked, 9 free; another speci- 

 men has vein 9 out of 7 + 8. 



The pointed forewings single out this species among the small 

 Acrolophidse. 



