418 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTBBA. 



black scales on both murgiiis of third segment, and a triangular 

 black scale-projection beneath extending from g to near apex. 



Queensland, Brisbane, January {Dodd); 3 ex. Type Wals. Coll. 

 (18819). 



Deuterocopus honoratus, n. sp. 



S . 11 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen whity-brownish auffusedly 

 irrorated blackish, margins of abdominal segments slightly marked 

 white on dorsum, ventral surface snow-white with dark ante- 

 median band. Forewings cleft firstly to 5, second segment cleft 

 nearly to \ from base; coppery-brownish suffusedly irrorated 

 blackish ; a white dot on dorsum at ^ ; an oval white spot in disc 

 before cleft, and small dorsal mark beneath and almost confluent 

 with it; some scattered white scales indicating bars at \ and f of 

 first segment, and middle of other two : cilia dark grey, blackish 

 spots edged by whitish patches at apex of each segment, ochreous- 

 whitish patches on middle of lower mtirgin of first segment and on 

 dorsum towards cleft. Hindwings dark fuscous, basal third light 

 orange-fulvous ; cilia dark grey, third segment with black dorsal 

 scaletooth before middle, and large black scale-projection occupying 

 both sides of apical third. 



Queensland, Brisbane, March (/^oc/t/) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (19403). 



Deuterocopus sochchoroides Fletch. 

 Brazil, Manaos, Teffe ; Peru, Jurimaguas {Parish) ; 4 ex. _ This 

 species has a red abdomen with basal yellow spot (abdomen missing 

 in type described), and is a much more striking insect than appears 

 from the figure given. 



' Deuterocopus fortunatus, n. sp. 



2 . 12 mm. Head, thorax deep ferruginous, metathorax light 

 yellow. Palpi ferruginous, anterior edge dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 deep ferruginous, margins of segments 3 and 5 somewhat marked 

 yellow-whitish, ventral surface light yellow. Forewings cleft 

 firstly to f , second segment cleft to | from base ; deep ferruginous, 

 dorsal half mixed dark fuscous from base to cleft, costal edge dark 

 fuscous with a few yellow- whitish specks ; small white spots in 

 disc at f and on base of cleft ; a pale ferruginous spot on costa 

 at I ; posterior portion of segments somewhat infuscated, a slight 

 whitish transverse lino towards apex of first, and corresponding 

 dots on margin of second just before cleft : cilia ferruginous with 

 blackish basal shade, some scattered white scales within cleft, a 

 dark fuscous patch beneath tornua and a blackish tooth on dorsum 

 beneath base of cleft. Hindwings deep ferruginous on basal half, 

 rest blackish ; cilia ferruginous, third segment on dorsum with 

 three or four dark fuscous scales towards base, small projections 

 before and beyond middle, and a double-triangular projection 

 occupying apical fifth and preceded by a small white spot, above 

 with three slender bars on apical fourth. 



Brazil, Tuffe, December (Paris/i); lex. 



