108 EXOTIC MICriOLKl'IDOrXEKA. 



triangular upper portion, and larger suLoblong lower portion 

 rectangularly emarginate beneath. 



QuEKNSLAj^D, TownsviUe, in July (Dodd) ; New Guinea, Port 

 Moresby (MatJiew) ; three specimens. Allied to vilicola, but 

 apparently truly distinct by characters of apical scale-projections 

 iu both wings. 



Deuterocopus fervens, n. sp. 



J . 12 ram. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ferruginous. 

 Posterior legs golden-terruginous, coxae with a cons])icuous tri- 

 angular white lateral .«pot at base, median and apical scale-wlioris 

 ot tib.ae large, brownish, other bristle-whorls moderate, spnrs 

 ferruginous, roughened Avith scales above, three apical joints of 

 tarsi partially suffused with dark fuscous. Eorewings clei't firstly 

 to ^, secondly to before middle of first cleft; bright ferruginous; 

 base narrowly mixed with dark fuscous ; an indistinct w hitish 

 linear mark on base of cleft, extending upwards towards costa ; 

 basal fourth of tirst segment mixed with fuscous, apical | blackish ; 

 second and third segments blackish, their joint base mixed with 

 blackish beyond a line from beneath base of first cleft to dorsum 

 beneath base of second : cilia blackish, within first cleft p;ilo 

 ochreous from base to beyond middle, with one (jr two black 

 scales on lower margin of first segment and mixed with 

 black on upper margin of second, on lower margin of second seg- 

 ment with a pale ochreous patch before apex, on dorsum pale 

 ochreous to beneath base of second cleft, with two or three minute 

 black scaks before middle of wing and beneath base of first cleft. 

 Hindwings bright ferruginous, apex of segments tinged with 

 blackish : cilia pale ferruginous, on third segment with a minute 

 black scale-tooth on middle of lower margin, and an oval black 

 scale-projection occupying apical fourth on both margins, 



8, India, ^ycstern slopes of Nilgiris, at 20(.i0 feet, in April 

 (Aadreaes) ; one specimen. Allied to atra/pex, but quite distinct. 



Deuterocopus dorites, n. sp. 



cJ . 12 mm. Head dark ferruginous-brown. Palpi ferruginous 

 with four whitish rings. Anteniue blackish dotted with white. 

 Thorax silvery-white, anterior and pusteiior margins dark ferru- 

 ginous-brown, beneath light yellow. Abdomen dark ferruginous- 

 brown, with silvery-white trapezoidal blotches occupying nearly 

 all dorsal surface of segments 1,3, and G, beneath light yellow. 

 Posterior legs golden-ferruginous, infuscated, with two wliite rings 

 on tibice and one on basal joint of tarsi, bristle-whorls moderate, 

 spurs extremely long, not roughened. Forewings cleft firstly to 

 ^, secondly to middle of tirst cleft, segments pointed ; dark brown, 

 partially mixed with ferruginous suffusion, especially near white 

 markings ; a wiiite dot at base in middle ; elongate white marks 

 on dorsum at \ and in middle; a small white spot in disc at | ; 



