is'.a.] 217 



Head fawn-brown, slightly paler above. 



Thorax fawu-brown. 



Fore-wings fawn-brown, very sparsely sprinkled longitudinally with darker 

 (almost fuscous) scales; the scales on the fold are slightly paler than the colour 

 above or below it ; a darker marginal line runs around the apex and lateral margin ; 

 cilia shaded with brownish-fuscous along their middle, pale cinereous at their ends 

 and base, tipped with fuscous at the anal angle. Exp. alar., 22 — 24 mm. 



Hind-wings slightly paler than the fore-wings, with a more greyish tinge ; cilia 

 shaded with brownish-fuscous along their middle, pale cinereous at their ends and 

 base. 



Abdomen the same colour as the hind-wings, with the ferruginous blotches on 

 each side before the middle, followed by dark scales fringing the segments on which 

 they are placed, these do not extend across the body. 



Sab. : Brazil, Petropolis (Doer). 



Type, cJ $ , Mus. Wlsm. 



1 am iudebted to Herr H. Doer of Petropolis for two specimens 

 ((J& $ ) ; there is also a single specimen in the Zeller collection, its 

 expanse is only IG^ mm., but it appears to be the same, or certainly 

 a ver}" closely allied species. It is without locality, but was probably 

 collected by Baron von Nolcken in Colombia. 



OCriTEOTICA, ffen. nov. 

 Type OcJri/rotica fasciata, Wlsm. 



Antenncp stout, slightly pubescent on the under-side ; basal joint elongate, but 

 scarcely enlarged. 



Maxillary palpi obsolete. 



Labial palpi projecting the length of the head beyond it ; second and apical 

 joints approximately equal, apical joint depressed. 



Haustellum long, slender, naked. 



Head tufted above with bifid spatulate scales. 



Fore-wings undivided, costa straight, apex slightly depressed and pointed, apical 

 margin scarcely concave, anal angle rounded. Neuration, 12 veins, 8 and 9 from a 

 common stem, 8 to costa above apex ; 3 and 4 from a point ; rest separate. 



Hind-wings undivided, narrow, costal margin rather straight, dorsal margin 

 evenly convex, scarcely indented below apex, not scalloped. Neuration, 7 veins, all 

 separate. 



Abdomen ornamented and tufted above, somewhat fringed at the sides. 



Legs, anterior pair with a brush-like collection of scales around the first tarsal 

 joint ; posterior pair with two pairs of long equal spurs and fringes of long pro- 

 jecting scales on the legs above them. 



This genus, although it has only 7 veins in the hind-wings which 

 partake somewhat of the form of those of Agdistis, difFcrs widely from 

 it in the form of the palpi, in the possession of bifid scales with which 

 the head is tufted, and in the distinctly spurred and tufted hind-legs, 

 a character found in EucncmidopJiorus,W\gvi)., in Co^inoclostis, Mcyr., 



