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EXOTIC MICROLKPIBOPTI^RA. 



at 3, throe in a curved ol)li(][uc transverse median series, and throe 

 ill a similar series from beyond middle of oosta to tornus, two 

 lower of these edged w'th whitish-ochreous anteriorly ; an inter- 

 rupted black longitudinal line from | of disc to apex, terminal area 

 beneath it white : cilia whitish speckled with fuscous, towards 

 tornus tinged with grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. Forewiugs beneath suffused with blackish on costal half 

 from base to |. Hindwings beneath suffused with blackish. 



QuKKNsLAND, Towusville, in Juno (Dodd) ; one specimen. The 

 blackish suffusion of undersurface is probably sexual only. 



Chrysoclista tlirypsiphila, n. sp. 



(S . 11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, face whitish- 

 yellowish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous, Forewings narrow, widest 

 near base, thence narrowed to pointed apex ; 7 and 8 stalked ; 

 rat.licr dark fuscous ; a pale yellow patch occupying basal | of 

 wing, except the extreme base, which is dark fuscous and very 

 shortly produced on costa, and a slender suffused costal streak from 

 dark posterior area not reaching this ; a- dark fuscous tuft in disc 

 just beyond middle patch, one towards dorsum beyond this, and 

 one on tornus : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia 

 light fuscous. 



Ckylon, Matale, in August (Poh) ; one specimen. 



Mompha musota, n. sp. 



(S $ . 5-6 mm. Head glossy leaden-grey. Palpi whitish, 

 s])ri!ikled wilh dark grey, terminal joint shorter than second. 

 Thorax and abdomen dark grey. Forewings lanceolate, apex 

 somewhat produced ; dark fuscous, basal area greyer ; a large 

 transverse dark leaden tuft towards dorsum before middle of wing, 

 sometimes preceded by obscure greyish-ochreous suffusion ; an 

 indistinct whitish dot on cosla at 5 ; an irregular blue-leaden- 

 metallic transverse fascia at | ; a rather large whitish-ochreous 

 sub(i[uadra(e spot on costa at |, whiter on costa, connected with 

 tornus by a large transverse dark leaden-fuscous ridge-tuft: cilia 

 dark grey, with a black subbasal line obtusely angulated at apex. 

 Hindwings and cilia dark grey ; 5 and 6 stalked. 



Peru, Chosica, 2800 feet, in July (ParifiJi) ; eleven specimens. 

 An exarai)le denuded has 1 b of forewings furcate at apex, presum- 

 ably an abnormality. 



Mompha pennota, n. sp. 



J . 9-10 mm. Head and thorax dark grey, face ochreous- 

 Avhitish. Palpi whitish irregularly irrorated with dark grey, 

 terminal joint shorter than second. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft 

 Avhitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; light grey somewhat 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a blackish dash on fold towards base ; 

 an obli(]ue blackish streak from costa at 5, not reaching fold ; an 

 irregular transverse brown median fascia, with costal edge blackish. 



