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Acrolepia jaspidata, n. sp. 

 (S . 11-12 mm. Head, thorax ■wliitish, more or less suffused 

 grey, slioulders grey. Palpi with moderate rough tuft towards 

 apex of second joint heneath, terminal joint rather thickened with 

 oppressed scales, whitish banded dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen almost straiglit, oblique ; white irregularly 

 irrorated bronzy-grey ; costal edge strigulated blackish ; markings 

 purplish-grey, with some black scales ; a basal patch of irregular 

 marbling, edge oblifiue, forming an obtuse angle on fold, followed 

 by a white spot on dorsum ; four blackish marks on posterior half 

 of costa, edged by some white scales posteriorly ; a whitisli-ochreous 

 dot in disc at | ; a small w hite spot on dorsum at |, edged by some 

 dark suffusion ; posterior area mostly suffused purplish- grey : cilia 

 grey mixed whitisli, with dark fuscous anteniedian shade, within 

 this tinged brownish-ochreous, Hindwings light groy, darker pos- 

 teriorly ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Peru, Lima, 500 feet, August (Pansh) ; two specimens. Very 

 similar to elaplirodes, but distinguished by (1) angulation of basal 

 patch obtuse, not acute, so that loAver portion is nearly direct, not 

 oblique as in ela/Jirodes, (2) absence of subterminal fascia, of which 

 central portion in elcqilirodes forms a well-marked oblique dark bar, 

 this area being instead uniformly suffused to median area of 

 termen, 



Acrolepia poliopis, n. sp. 



5 . 16 mm. Head, thorax whitish-gre}-, a few blackish specks. 

 Palpi with short rough tuft of scales at apex of second joint 

 beneath, terminal joint roughened with scales anteriorly towards 

 base, acute, whitish, slightly sprinkled grey. Abdomen grey- 

 whitiah. .Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 pointed, termen very obliciuely rounded ; grey-whitish, irregularly 

 suffused pale grey in disc and towards base, and sprinkled blackish : 

 some strigulas of dark irroration beneath anterior half of costa ; 

 undefined spots of dark suffusion on dorsum before middle, on 

 costa at |, and on toruus : cilia grey-whitish sprinkled blackish. 

 Hindwings grey- whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Peru, Huancayo, 10,650 feet, July {Parish) ; one specimen, 



^ Acrolepia bythodes, n. sp, 



c?, 14 ram. Head, thorax light grey. Palpi with rough 

 projecting tuft of scales towards apex of second joint beneath, 

 terminal joint slender, acute. Forewings elongate, ratlicr narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen rather sinuate, oblique ; 

 grey irregularly irrorated darker; anterior area darker-suffused, 

 limited by a streak of dark suffusion from middle of costa to dorsum 

 before tornus : cilia grey, a dark purplish-grey aiitemedian shade. 

 Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



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