292 EXOTIC MICKOr.EPIDOPTERA. 



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Acrocercops contorta, n. sp. 



(S . 6 mm. Head white. Palpi white, apex of second joint and 

 subraedian. ring of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax whitish, anterior 

 margin dark fuscous. Abdomcu dark grey, segmental margins 

 white, ventral surface whitisli, oblique lateral dark grey streaks. 

 Fore wings narrow, parallel-sided, shortly obtuse-pointed ; pale 

 ochreous ; a white spot on dorsum near base, from which two black 

 strigae run to costa ; a moderate white black- edged transverse 

 fascia at ^, somewhat inwards-oblique from costa, slightly narrowed 

 upwards, costal edge shortly black on each side of it ; beyond this 

 a more oblique narrow elongate area of groundcolour enclosed by 

 a black line and resting on a small black costal mark ; a second 

 white black-edged fascia at | parallel to first, constricted in middle, 

 its costal edge black, posterior black edge above dorsal half deflected 

 in disc nearly to prteapical line and with a similar parallel brancli 

 beneath it; a transverse violet-whitish black-edged line near ajjcx ; 

 a small black apical dot : cilia light grey, round apex base ochreous- 

 tinged within a black lino. Hiiidwings and cilia grey. 



JBkazil, Para, June (Fai-ish); one specimen. 



•\ Acrocercops ramigera, n. sp. 



(J . 7 mm. Head, thorax shining white. Palpi slender, white. 

 Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft ochreous- whitish. Fore wings 

 narrow, moderately pointed ; fuscous ; a moderate white streak 

 along dorsum from base to tornus, dilated posteriorly and truncate, 

 cut before middle by a fine fuscous bar, immediatly before this 

 emitting a gradually narrowed fascia to costa ; a small white spot 

 on costa beyond middle ; an oblique white strigula from costa at |, 

 running into a wedgeshaped silvery-white spot extending along 

 termen ; a prajapical spot of blackish suffusion ; a small white 

 apical dot : cilia greyish (imperfect). Hiiidwings and cilia grey. 



Brazil, Para, June (Parish); one specimen. 



^' Acrocercops rhynchograpta, n. sp. 



S . 7 mm. Head, thorax shining whitish, patagia light fuscous. 

 Palpi slender, white. Abdomen grey, beneath whitish, sides 

 obliquely barred dark fuscous, genital tuft very long, whitish. 

 Forewings very narrow, shortly obtuse-pointed ; greyish-ochreous, 

 towards costa and posteriorly suffused rather dark fuscous ; a 

 thick silvery-white streak along dorsum from base to middle of 

 wing, its apex sending an acute projection obliquely upwards 

 nearly to costa ; a similar slightly narrower streak from before 

 tornus along termen to near apex, a small flattened-triangular 

 white spot on costa above its apex : cilia dark grey, a white apical 

 spot. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Brazil, Para, June (Parifih) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops osteopa, n. sp. 

 c? $ . 7 mm. Head grey-whitish, face white. Palpi smooth. 



