484 KIOTIC MICROLKPIDOPTERA. 



Agriophara noverca, n. sp. 



5 . 30 mm. Head white, crown brown except, on sides. Palpi 

 brown, apex of second joint wliite, terminal joint white with two 

 dark fuscous bands. Thorax dark brown, tufts suffused with 

 ochreous-whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, poste- 

 riorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, 

 vertical ; light brown mixed with dark brown and fuscous ; costal 

 edge blackish interrupted with wliitish ; discal stigmata ochreous- 

 whitish, connected by a blackish line produced nearly to sub- 

 terminal line ; a strongly curved subterminal line of cloudy dark 

 fuscous dots ; a dark fuscous terminal line dotted with ochreous- 

 whitish : cilia brownish mixed with darker. Hindwiugs rather 

 dark grey ; cilia grey. 



French Guiana, R. Ma'roni ; one specimen. 



Agriophara ophiopa, n. sp. 



c? $• 26-28 mm. Head white, crown suffusedly mixed with 

 brownish. Palpi white, second joint with basal half and subapical 

 ring of irroration dark fuscous, terminal joint with base and 

 subapical ring dark fuscous. Antennal eiliations of J 1|. 

 Thorax white variably mixed or suffused with brown, posterior 

 tufts sometimes whitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Porewings 

 elongate, moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; brown, irregularly 

 mixed and sprinkled with white and black ; a dark brown spot on 

 middle of costa, preceded by whitish suffusion, and followed by 

 a very irregular oblique white streak reaching half across wing, 

 this followed by a dark fuscous streak becoming a blackish spot 

 on costa, beyond which is a fine curved whitish subterminal line 

 enlarged into a white mark on lower portion, and leaving a narrow 

 terminal fascia reddish-brown more or less mixed with blackish ; 

 second discal stigma raised, black, edged with white anteriorlj" ; 

 an irregular whitish-ochreous line from fold before middle of wing 

 to dorsum : cilia light greyish, basal half mixed with dark fuscous 

 and barred with whitish. Hindwiugs dark gi'ey ; cilia grey, with 

 iuterrupted dark grey subbasal line. 



Frtdnch Guiana, P,. Maronl ; two specimens. The markings 

 are complex and ornamental, but variable. 



Agriophara perducta, n. sp. 



c? 24-26 mm., 5 34-36 mm. Head white. Palpi white, 

 second joint dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint 

 with dark fuscous basal and subapical rings. Antennal eiliations 

 of cJ 1|. Thorax white, with dark fuscous bar on anterior 

 margin. Abdomen rather dark grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, rather oblique ; white, with some very minute scattered 

 dark grey specks ; small oblique blackish spots on costa at |, 

 middle, and | ; discal stigmata blackish, projecting from up^ier 



