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terminal fuscous black line preceded by smoky suffusions on inter- 

 spaces above vein 5; cilia dark tipped with white on anal half. • Fore 

 wing below pale ochraceous buff, the terminal area cinnamon drab 

 with fuscous black irrorations between veins 3 and 5; point in cell 

 and discocellular line more pronounced; marginal line as above. 

 Hind wing below whitish irrorated with brownish drab; a short 

 black line on upper discocellular; postmedial line punctiform from 

 costa to vein 3, then dentate, interrupted on anal fold ; irrorations 

 forming a broad shade on terminal area; an interrupted terminal 

 line. 



Expanse. — iO mm. 



Habitat.— L-A Union, Carabaya, Peru. 



Ti/pe.~Cat No. 26046, U.S.N.M. 



Received from Paul Dognin who has a paratype in his collection. 



Comes nearest A. remotalis Dognin which has the antemedial line 

 curved and the apex more produced. 



MICROCAUSTA DEMERIDALIS, new species. 



Fcmale.~l^,^\l^l outwardly black, inwardlv white. Head, collar 

 thorax, and fore wing yellow ocher. Abdomen gray with dorsal 

 black points. Legs whitish ocher, the fore tibiae and tarsi gray 

 Fore wmg: basal third of costa black; a large black spot medially 

 on costa; a black antemedial point below cell with inbent black 

 scaling below it expanding on inner margin; from medial spot a 

 fine sinuous line of black scales to inner margin ; some black scales 

 on discocellular; a remote postmedial black Ihie, thick and vertical 

 from costa to vein 5, then fine, dentate, inbent to vein 2 and again 

 vertical to inner margin followed by some scattered black scSes; 

 terminal interspaces streaked with silvery gray; large terminal 

 black points on veins; cilia silvery mottled with black hairs. Hind 

 wing thinly scaled, smoky gray; cilia mostly white. Wings below 

 smoky gray, the fore wing showing faintly a brownish tinge and 

 traces of a medial spot and outer line. 



Expanse. — 27 min. 



H abitat. —Vxylcan de Santa Maria, Guatemala. 



Tt/pc— Cat No. 25599, U.S.N.M. 



BAEOTARCHA FALLALIS, new species. 



yJ/a?e.— Palpi brown above, white below. Frons grayish brown 

 edged with white; vertex whitish. Collar and thorax gray brown. 

 Abdomen gray brown with white segmental lines and white anal 

 hairs. Legs light brown, tarsi white. Fore wing pale straw color, 

 costal margin to above end of cell benzo brown; base of cell, a small 

 round spot medially below subcostal, and a large spot at end of cell 



