SEVEN NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO |43 



Similar in size and markings to A . direda Busck, but very different in 

 color and in form of the palpi ; A . direda was described from the female 

 and the possibility is not excluded that the two names apply to the two 

 sexes of the same species, though the great variation in color would be 

 remarkable. 



Acrolophus harmoniella, new species. 



Labial palpi long, straight, porrected, each joint with a separate, pointed 

 tuft; ochreous white, sprinkled with light reddish brown. Forewings 

 white with a faint rosy tint and ochreous and dark fuscous scales ; a large, 

 faint, dark fuscous, triangular spot on outer third of the fold touches a large, 

 faint, dark fuscous spot which begins narrowly on the costal edge at api- 

 cal third and spreads out over and beyond the end of the cell ; two 

 inconspicuous, dark fuscous costal spots on outer third and a series of 

 faint, ill-defined fuscous spots along the terminal edge. Cilia white dusted 

 with reddish fuscous. Hindwings uniformly light fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous with whitish ochreous underside. Legs dark brownish fus- 

 cous with narrow ochreous annulations at the joints. 



Alar expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat: Tehuacan, Mexico, June (R. Miiller). 



Type No. 16666, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Acrolophus maculisecta, new species. 



Male : Labial palpi very long, overreaching the thorax ; first and sec- 

 ond joints tolerably smooth ; terminal joint tufted and brush-shaped 

 toward its apex ; dark purplish brown. Head and thorax dark brown. 

 Forewing dark purplish brovm with dorsal edge somewhat lighter and 

 indistinctly mottled with still darker, blackish scales; a longitudinal black 

 streak from the base along the fold interrupted in the middle by a longi- 

 tudinal light ochreous dash beyond the end of the cell, preceded and 

 followed by black scales. Cilia dark ochreous, strongly mixed with dark 

 brown and fuscous. Hindwing dark brown. Abdomen dark purplish 

 brown with ochreous anal tuft and light ochreous underside. Legs light 

 ochreous brown. 



Alar expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat: Misantla, Mexico, August (R. Muller). 



Type No. 16667. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



