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suffused dark fuscous, sharply contrasted. Forewings moderate, 

 posteriorly rather dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 termen rounded, somewhat obli(]ue ; wliite sprinkled grey ; markings 

 formed of light ochreous-grey sutt'usioii irrorated dark grey ; a spot 

 on base of costa ; tlireo irregular indistinct oblique transverse lines 

 rising- from small blackish spots on costa, preceded by series of 

 raised tufts white anteriorly, tirst nearly straight, second rather 

 curved in disc, marked witii several blackisli dots, third rather 

 strongly excurved on median third ; two blackish dots transversely 

 placed on end of cell within second line, and a small very oblique 

 blackish mark preceding lower of these ; a similar irregular line 

 near and parallel to termon, enlarged into a spot below middle ; a 

 terminal row of dots : cilia whitish-ochreous, on basal third barred 

 dark grey irroration and whitish, with fine grey median and subapical 

 lines, lliudwings grey ; cilia pale grey, a darker subbasal shade. 

 French: Guiana, R. Maroni; three specimens. 



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Ptilogenes crateroptila, n, sp, 



S . 14 mm. Head white. Palpi ochreous-white, basal half of 

 second joint and subapical ring of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-white, shoulders sprinkled grey. Abdomen fuscous, base 

 suffused ochrcous-whitish, anal tuft whitish. Forewings rather 

 elongate, costa sliglitly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, 

 somewhat oblique; white, slightly and very minutely speckled 

 ochreous-grey ; a grey spot on base of costa ; a dark grey spot on 

 costa at g, Avhence some grey suffusion extends towards base ; 

 a larger spot on costa beyond middle, upper half dark grey, 

 lower greyish-ochreous ; strong transverse whitish ridge-tufts 

 iibove and below middle at ^ • two transversely placed confluent 

 dots of grey irroration indicating first discal stigma, extended 

 by a grey shade to dorsum ; second discal stigma dot-like, 

 blackish, a transverse blotch of pale greyish-ochreous suffusion 

 between this and first ; a faint blotch of pale grey suffusion 

 beyond this, and another on dorsum beneath it; a hardly 

 sinuate direct fine grey line from | of costa to dorsum 

 before tornus ; terminal area beyond this suffused grey, in disc 

 irregularly sprinkled blackish ; cilia white, sprinkled grey except 

 towards base. Hindwings grey, anteriorly sufFu'sed whitish ; cilia 

 whitish, a grey subbasal shade. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni, July ; one specimen. 



1 Ptilogenes metacystis, n. sp. 



(S 2' 14-17 mm. Head whitish, crown tinged brownish 

 posteriorly. Palpi whitish, basal half of second joint and basal and 

 subapical rings of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax whitish, more or 

 less speckled fuscous. Ah 1 omen ochreous- whitish, sometimes 

 tinged grey. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded, little oblique ; whitish, more or less 

 speckled fuscous ; stigmata small, raised, black, plical obliquely 



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