294 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTKKA. 



\| Acrocercops clytosema, n. sp. 



J.llmm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi roughened anteriorly, 

 whitish, seqond joint mostly occupied by two siibconfiuent dark 

 fu, C0U8 bands, terminal joint with dark fuscous submedian band. 

 Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings very narrow, parallel-sided, apex obtuse ; dark fuscous ; 

 an ochreous-orange blotch extending from before tornus along 

 termen to apex, edged anteriorly by a curved oblique shining white 

 mark, marked on tornus with an erect golden-metallic spot, and 

 receiving five converging white strigula3 from posterior fourth of 

 costa, middle one tinged ochreoiis, last one limiting a round black 

 apical dot : cilia whitish, round apex and termen a dark fuscous 

 basal line, two dark fuscous projecting apical hooks. Hind wings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey, at apex somewhat suffused whitish. 



13RAZ1L, Parintins, October {FarisJi) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops chalinopa, n. sp. 



c? . 8 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous tinged grey. Palpi 

 slender, whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Porewings 

 very narrow, short-pointed ; iridescent grey ; a short oblique 

 whitish strigula from costa beyond |, its apex extended as a linear 

 dark fuscous mark ; space between this and prseapical line suflfused 

 orange-fulvous, costal edge dark fuscous ; a slightly excurved fine 

 silvery blackish-edged praeapical transverse line, followed by 

 slender orange-fulvous suffusion, apex beyond this suffused blackish : 

 cilia grey, darker round apex. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ebazil, Para, July (Parish) ; one specimen. 



Acre cer cops mesochaeta, n. sp. 



cJ . 7 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi loosely scaled anteriorly, 

 second joint grey except apex, terminal joint with two dark grey 

 bands. Thorax grey mixed whitish. Abdomen greyish, beneath 

 white, lateral series of oblique blackish bars. Forewings very 

 narrow, parallel-sided, short-pointed, tolerably obtuse ; pale 

 brownish suffusedly irrorated fuscous, costal edge dark fuscous ; 

 three slender transverse whitish streaks edged fuscous at 5, middle, 

 and |, more or less widely furcate on dorsal hiilf, rest of dorsal 

 half irregularly mottled whitish with dark fuscous strigulae, costal 

 half with a series of whitish strigulae or dots ; blackish longi- 

 tudinal streaks in disc between each pair of these fasciae and 

 beyond the tliird : cilia whitish-grey, round apex with two 

 blackish-grey shades, white within these. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 pale grey ; median third of costa with fringe of long blackish ciJia. 



Utieekslani), Brisbane, June (Dodd) ; one specimen. Type in 

 Wals. Coll. (li>433). 



Acrocercops penographa, n. sp. 

 6 $ • 7-9 mm. Head whitish-fuscous, face whitish. Palpi 



