280 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



hrowiiiah-ochrcous patch extending from middle of disc to apex, 

 marked with some brown and blackish scales on end of cell ; a s])ot 

 of blackish irroration on tornus beiieatli this: cilia fuscous, some 

 blackish scales at base. Hindwinp:s rather dark p;rey; cilia grey. 

 Coi.OMBiA, Cali, 600 feet, May (Parinh) ; one specimen. 



Acrolophus manticodes, n. sp. 

 (T . 15 mm. Head, i)alpi, thorax dark violet-fuscous ; palpi 

 extremely long, recurved, reaching to end of thorax, densely 

 rough-scaled throughout. Antennae bipectinated (4). Abdomen 

 dark purplish-grey ; uncus peculiar, consisting of an elongate 

 plate dilated terminally to form an angular excrescence on eacli 

 side and a third at a])cx, this furnished with two very short 

 slender downcurved hooks, segmental margin with a strong trian- 

 gular projection on each side near uncus ; valvge long, ratlier 

 narrow^ apex rounded. Forewings rather elongate, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat obli(]ue ; 

 3 absent, 8 and 9 short-stalked ; dark violet-fuscous, very obscurely 

 mottled or strigulated darker, especially on costa: cilia violet- 

 fuscous. Hindwings dark purplish-grey ; cilia grey. 



Fkknch Gdiana, 8t. Jean, K. Maroni, February ; one specimen. 

 Probably near e.v'ujua. 



\ Acrolophus thaminodes, n. sp. 



c5' . 2t mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuscous, pale-speckled ; palpi 

 long, erect, first two joints broadly expanded with dense rough 

 scales, terminal joint rather slender, somewhat thickened towards 

 apex, all three joints nearly of equal length. Antennae dentate, 

 shortly ciliated. Abdomen dark grey, hairy towards base. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 8 and 9 stalked ; 

 violet-fuscous, coarsely strigulated with dark fuscous irroration ; 

 about ten small dark fuscous spots along costa ; dorsum obscurely 

 suft'used whitish-oehreous, interrupted by a quadrate blotch of 

 groundcolour beyond middle ; a dark fuscous transverse mark on 

 end of cell, and some scattered whitish-oehreous scales forming a 

 longitudinal streak before and beyond this : some cloudy s])ots of 

 dark fuscous suffusion before termen : cilia light fuscous, alternate 

 bars of whitish-oehreous and dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings 

 dark grey; cilia grey. 



Bkitish Guiana, Bartica, January (Parish); one specimen. 



\ Acrolophus carphologa, n. sp. 



cJ . 25 ram. Head, thorax whitish-oehreous. Palpi extremely 

 long, recurved, rough-scaled anteriorly, ochreous-whitish, ])artlj 

 mirbled fuscous posteriorly, basal joint fuscous, second and terminal 

 joints longer than basal, nearly equal. Antenna? rather stout, 

 simple, on apical half shortly flal-dentate, shortly ciliated. Abdo- 



