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curved mesially, preceded by dark points on the veins; a dif- 

 fused marginal black line. Hind wing white, translucent, the 

 inner area sordid yellowish. Expanse, 18 mm. 



Type, male. No. 21931, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Tucuman. Argen- 

 tina. March. 1905 (E. Dinelli). 



Rhodophaea extrincica, new species. 



Fore wing blackish gray, the lines faint, whitish ; inner line 

 near middle of wing, the outer near the margin, coarsely 

 waved ; two black spots in the cell at inner line and two at end 

 of cell ; small blackish terminal dots. Hind wing white, trans- 

 lucent, gray on costa and termen. Expanse, 13 mm. 



Type, male. No. 21932, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Santiago, Cuba, 

 October, 1902 (W. Schaus). 



There are also five males and two females from the same 

 place. On the hind wings, vein 4: is very indistinct in the male, 

 being almost coincident with 5 ; it is more distinct in the female. 



Hypsipyla grandella Zeller. 



Nephopteryx grandella Zeller, Isis, 1848, p. 881. 



Hypsipyla cnabella Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xlvii, 405, 1914. 



The specimens of cnabella are smaller, but T do not now 

 think that any specific difference exists. 



Hypsipyla denticosella Dyar. 



Sematonciira denticosella Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xlii, 10.5, 

 1912. 



The species will find a better place in the genus Hypsipyla 

 Ragonot. 



Acromeseres, new genus. 



Hind wings with 8 veins ; median nervure "bifid" ; labial 

 palpi upturned, reaching the middle of the front; vein 2 of 

 hind wing arising before the end of the cell, which is moder- 

 ately short, veins 3 and 5 appearing stalked ; male antennse 

 simple; maxilla-py^.palpi dilated with scales; vein 8 of hind 

 wing distinct ; fore wing with veins 4 and 5 approximate at 

 base, but separate ; front of head smoothly scaled ; on fore wing 



