PTEROPHORIDiE. 419 



^ Deuterocopus gratus, u. sp. 



$. 12 mm. Head, thorax deep ferruginous, raetathorax light 

 yellow. Palpi ferruginous mixed fuscous, tip whitish. Abdomen 

 deep ferruginous, base and blotches on segments 4 and 6 light 

 yellow, ventral surface pale yellow. Forewings cleft firstly nearly 

 to 2, second segment cleft hardly to | from base ; ferruginous- 

 fuscous, darker posteriorly ; small whitish spots on dorsum at |, 

 in disc at f , and above base of cleft ; a small pale ochreous spot in. 

 middle of first segment, and one on costa before this ; a fine white 

 line crossing first segment towards apex, and corresponding dots 

 on margins of second before cleft : cilia rather dark fuscous, on 

 costa whitish-ochreous towards apex, within cleft some scattered 

 whitish scales, in second cleft a whitish patch, on dorsum whitish- 

 ochreous except a dark fuscous bar beneath base of cleft and large 

 dark purple-fuscous tornal patch. Hiudwings ferruginous-fuscous 

 on basal half, rest dark fuscous ; cilia coppery-grey, towards apex 

 of first two segments dark purplish-fuscous, on lower margin of 

 second with a slender blackish bar at g, third segment on dorsum 

 with small black projections before and beyond middle and a 

 trapezoidal dark fuscous scale-projection occupying apical fourth, 

 on upper margin a small black projection corresponding to second 

 dorsal, and scattered black scales on apical third. 

 Pkru, Jurimaguas, March {Farisli) ; 1 ex. 



/ Deuterocopus exquisitus, n. sp. 



J. 11 mm. Head, thorax coppery-fuscous, a pale yellow 

 transverse bar on crown, metathorax light yellow. Palpi whitish, 

 a dark fuscous band at apex of second joint, terminal joint dark 

 fuscous except base and apex. Abdomen dark ferruginous- 

 brown, basal segment and blotches on segments 4 and 6 light 

 yellow, ventral surface whitish-yellow. Forewings cleft firstly to 

 g, second segment cleft to | from its base : dark copjiery-fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly ; a small yellow- whitish spot on dorsum at ;j, 

 an oblique mark in disc at |-, and an elongate spot on base of 

 lower margin of first segment, whence a tine anteriorly blackish- 

 edged line extends round base of cleft; a small whitish-ochieous 

 spot on costa at g ; two white dots on margins of first S'^gment at 

 1^ of length, and two on jnargins of second segment before cleft : 

 cilia bronzy-gre}', on costa dark fuscous, with blackish basal shade 

 round apex of segments, within cleft some black scales towards 

 middle of segments and some scattered white scales, a whitish 

 patch in second cleft, a dark fuscous patch beneath tornus, 

 and two fine black projections on dorsum near base of cleft. 

 Hiudwings dark fuscous ; cilia rosy-grey, on lower margin of 

 second segment a blackish scale-projection at |- of wing, third 

 segment on dorsum with small black scahteeth at \ and before 5, 

 and a very small one at i, a triangul ir dark fuscous scalepatch 

 occupying apical fifth, and some irregular projecting black scales 

 on apical fourth of upper margin. 



Brazil, Manaos, November (^Pariah); 2 ex. 



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