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joints white. Abdomen deep coppery, towards apex dark purple- 

 fiiscous in S . Forewings cleft from |, termen of first segment 

 gently sinuate, of second slightly bisinuate, oblique ; blackish ; a 

 very fine whitish subterminal line more or less expressed : cilia 

 dark grey, a black basal line on terraen. Hindwings apex of second 

 segment very slender, forming | of its length, third segment linear, 

 half wing; dark fuscous; cilia rosy-grey, second segment with 

 slight indication of darker scale-projoction at lower angle, tliird 

 segment with small black scaletooth on dorsum before middle and 

 one sliglitly larger before apex, on upper margin some black 

 projecting scales towards apex. 



British Guiana, Mallali, March (ParisJi) ; 2 ex. Diff^crs from 

 virilis by coppery abdomen. 



Alucita parca, n. sp, 



cJ . 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen yellow-whitish. 

 Forewings cleft from before middle, segments slender ; yellow- 

 whitish, on anterior half slightly speckled light grey towards dorsum 

 and along costa : cilia grey, on costa whitish. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. Valvoe narrow, terminating in slender scale-projections. 



Palestine, Haifa, June, August {Barraud) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. 

 Mus,). Very similar to the Syrian Fselnophorus hemiargus, in 

 which, however, the valvae are broad and rounded. 



v/ Pterophorus delospilus, n. sp. 



c? . 10-17 mm. Head brownish-ochreous, forehead white between 

 antennae. Palpi hardly over 1, slender, whitish, a lateral fuscous 

 line. Thorax whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whiti&h. Forewings 

 cleft from |, segments moderate, first pointed, termen of second 

 very oblique ; ochreous-whitish, partially tinged brownish-ochreous, 

 first segment mostly suff'used brownish-ochreous with a fuscous 

 tinge, except along lower margin ; a small conspicuous dark fuscous 

 spot before cleft ; small black dots on extremities of veins 7 and 

 10, and three black spots on termen of second segment : cilia pale 

 ochreous. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia greyish-ochreous. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, Iquitos, March to May (Parish) ; 3 ex. 



v' Petrophorus praenigratus, n. sp. 



d' • 17 ram. Head fuscous sprinkled dark fuscous, forehead 

 whitish between antennae. Palpi somewhat over 1, whitish, irro- 

 rated blackish except apex of joints. Thorax whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings cleft from |, segments moderate, first pointed, termen 

 of second very oblique; ochreous-whitish, a few scattered blackish 

 scales, a streak of light brownish suffusion beneath costa through- 

 out; costa narrowly grey on basal |^, Avith scattered blackish scales 

 beneath it ; an irregular oblique black mark before cleft, dilated at 

 lower end, some scattered adjacent scales ; an elongate dark fuscous 

 mark on costa above base of cleft ; a black dot on extremity of 

 vein 10 ; a spot of black suffusion and irroration occupying terminal 

 portion of both segments : cilia whitish-ochreous, on termen dark 

 grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia ochreous-grey. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, Marcli (Parish); 1 ex. 



