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scales, expanflod with long rough spatulate hairscales towards 

 apex, thorax with two very large crests of long erect spatulate hair- 

 scales. Antenna) dentate, ciliated. Uncus very long, extending 

 much below valvse, double, nearly approximated throughout but not 

 touching except at apex, apical portion subsinuate, attenuated; 

 valvae long, slender on basal half, apical half downcurved, enlarged 

 into a broad-triangular expansion with apical side slightly concave. 

 Eorowings moderate, somewhat dilated, termen somewhat obliquely 

 rounded; all veins separate ; fuscous, obscurely strigulatcd dark 

 fuscous irroration ; obscurely indicated darker clouds on fold at i 

 and middle of wing, and in disc at | : cilia fuscous, darker-sprinkled. 

 Iliiidwings dark grey ; cilia grey, 



Pkku, Jurimaguas, March (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Acroloplms goniocentra, n. sp. 

 J. 19-20 mm., $ 24 ram. Head light brownish-ochreous. Palpi 

 c? extremely long, recurved, thickened with dense scales rather 

 rough anteriorly, brownish-ochreous, basal joint dark fuscous except 

 apex, 5 moderate, porrected, pale ochreous suffused dai-k fuscous 

 except apical edge. Antennae J serrate towards apex, shortly 

 ciliated. Thorax brownish. Uncus moderate, downcurved, double, 

 closely appressed throughout, rising from a transverse-oblong plate 

 with anterior angles produced into long strong acute spines ; valvge 

 moderate, evenly broad, apex rounded, furnished with numerous 

 incurved bristles. Forewiugs moderate, somewhat dilated, termen 

 rounded, little oblique ; brown ; cS six or seven dark fuscous 

 strigulse on anterior half of costa and three or four small spots on 

 posterior half, some slight dark fuscous marking near base and before 

 termen, and a more or less developed dark fuscous patch in anterior 

 part of disc, its lower edge darkest and obtuse-angled, 5 markings 

 almost obsolete : cilia brownish indistinctly barred dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Teffe, December (Parish); 3 ex. 



Acrolophus chloropelta, n. sp. 

 J . 13-15 mm., $ 19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark ashy- 

 fuscous, palpi <S extremely long, recurved, second and terminal 

 joints thickened with dense scales roughly expanded at apex, 

 5 moderate, porrected. Antennte J bipectinated (3). Forewings 

 rather elongate, somewhat dilated, termen rather obliquely rounded ; 

 9 and 10 stalked; dark violet-grey, strewn dark fuscous strigulte ; 

 in c? a light greyish-ochreous seroioval blotch extending on dorsum 

 from i to 4, and reaching half across wing, containing a few dark 

 fuscous strigulse : cilia dark violet-grey. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



BuAziL, Tefie, January (Parish) ; 4 ex. 



Acrolophus hypophaea, n. sp. 



J, 13-15 mm., 2 18 mm. Head, thorax light ochreous-greyish. 

 Palpi (S extremely long, recurved, second and terminal joints 

 thickened with dense appressed scales roughly expanded at tip, light 



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