210 EXOTIC MICROLBPIDOPTEEA. 



/ HARPAGANDRA, n. ^.-QA^foU^^^Jf^;^ 



Head smooth, sidetufts slightly raised; ocelli small, posterior ;'H/:?2-o 

 tongue developed. Antennae |, in c? simple, with subbasal 

 thickening and deep iiotch, basal joint verj- long, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, recurved, considerably thickened throughout 

 with tolerubl)' appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi verj' short, loosely scaled, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibiae shortly rough-scaled above. Forewings 

 1 h furcate, 2^and 3 stalked from angle, 7 abseiit, 1 1 from middle. 

 Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia j; 3 and 4 connate, 5 

 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



' Harpagandra cryphiodes, n. sp. 



(5 . 13 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, sides of crown yellow- 

 ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, slightly sprinkled jjale ochreous 

 hairscalcs, tips of joints pale ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique; dark fuscous, faintly 

 purplish-tinged : cilia concolorous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia 

 grey. 



BiUTisH Gpiana, Bartica, January (Parish) ; one specimen. 



J Ptilogenes lencoptila, n. sp. 



5 . 21 mm. Head light brown, face suffused whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, basal half of second joint, and basal and subapical bands 

 of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-whitish, with faint 

 antemedian band of pale brownish suffusion, crest mixed blackish. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings moderate, posteriori}' rather dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, little oblirjue ; 

 pale brown, faintly rosy-tinged, a few scattered black specks; small 

 grey spots on costa at |, before middle, and at J|, from third a 

 strongly curved faint grey line marked with several black dots runs 

 to dorsum before tornus ; stigmata represented b^- white tufts, 

 plical obliquely beyond first discal ; a grey blotch extending on 

 dorsum from | to i and reaching to fold, mixed blackish anteriorly ; 

 a blackish 8j>ot adjoining ])Osterior line just below middle, beneath 

 this a spot of whitish suffusion edged posteriorly by a black dot, 

 and some whitish suffusion above tornus : cilia brownish-grey, basal 

 half obscurely barred darker. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light 

 grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



French Guiama, St. Jean, R. Maroni, July; two specimens. 



■"' Ptilogenes deflua, n. sp. 



(S 5. 16-18 mm. Head, thorax white sprinkled grey. Palpi 

 white sprinkled grey, basal half of second joint and subapical ring 

 of terminal dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish irrorated or 

 in $ suffused fuscous, basal segment clear ochreous-whitish, second 



