PTEBOrHORIPiE, 111 



Platyptilia inceptrix, ii. sp. 



cJ . IS mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, irroratsd with 

 wliitish, face with short conical projection, palpi 2|. A1)domeii 

 fuscous irrorated with white, with dorsal series of dark fuscous 

 dots. Posterior legs fuscous sprinkled with whitish, last four 

 joints of tarsi suffused with white. Fore wings cleft to |, segments 

 moderately broad, apex pointed, terraen oblique, of fiist segment 

 somewhat sinuate, of second slightly rounded ; brownish, dorsal j 

 from base to cleft sprinkled with white and dark fuscous, costa 

 slenderly suffused with dark fuscous from base to cleft, and dotted 

 with white on basal half; small spots of dark fuscous iixoratiou 

 in disc at ^ and towards dorsum before this; a small dark fuscous 

 spot on base of cleft ; a shade of dark fuscous irroration crossing 

 middle of both segments, edged posteriorly with white: cilia on • 

 costa dark fuscous witli a white mark beyond base of cleft, on 

 termen of first segment white with dark fuscous bars above and 

 below middle and below lower angle, within cleft mixed with 

 fuscous, on termen of second segment fuscous with indistinct dark 

 fuscous bars in middle and at tornus, on dorsum fuscous with un- 

 defiued dark fuscous scale-projections at | of wing and beneath 

 base of cleft. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, on 

 lower margin of third segment with irregularly scattered blackish 

 scales from base to middle. 



Hawaiian Is., Hawaii. Kilauea (PcrJclns); one specimen. Allied 

 to' rhynchoj^liova^ but iii that species the palpi are much longer, 

 and there is a continuous blackish subbasal line in terminal cilia of 

 fore wings. 



Alucita leptochorda, n. sp. 



5 . 14 mm. (Head broken.) Thorax and abdomen whitish 

 striped with dark grey. Forewings cleft to middle, segments very 

 slender, poiuted ; dark grey mixed with blackish, marked with 

 fine cloudy white lines on veins : cilia grey, darker towards base, 

 Avitli obscure whitish patches on dorsum at ^ and |- of second seg- 

 ment. HiudAVJngs with segments linear ; dark fuscous ; cilia 

 rather dark fuscous. 



Ecuador, Quevado; one specimen. 



Alucita indocta, n. sp. 



J. 17 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitisli, face 

 slightly rounded-prominent. Forewings cleft to |, segmeiits very 

 slender, pointed ; white, hardly ochreous-tinged : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings with segments linear ; pale grey ; cilia pale 

 ochrcous-greyish. 



Bykfa, Beirut; one specimen. Allied to pentcahicti/la • first 

 segment of hindwings much more slender than in ^mrthica. 



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