SCALY WINGED COPEOGNATHA. 99 
Nepticulomima brasiliensis, Enderl., 1906. (Figs. 19, 78, 86, 87). 
Perientomum brasiliense, Enderlein. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., vol. 24, 
1906, p. 88. 
Head brown-yellow ; hair of forehead and vertex brownish yellow 
with silken sheen, compact and moderately long. In the place of 
the suture of the vertex occurs a faintly raised longitudinal keel. 
Ocelli small, black, bead-like, the ocellar triangle is fairly flat ; 
the distance of a posterior ocellus from the eye-border is about one- 
third of the space between a posterior ocellus and the anterior. 
Occipital edge sharp, in the middle shallowly emarginate. Eyes 
hemispherical, black ; pubescence moderately short and_ fairly 
stout. Maxillary palp, brown-yellow, end joint slightly darker. 
Thorax brown yellow ; mesonotum with clear brownish-yellow 
scales, with strong silken lustre. Legs brown-yellow ; the scaling 
of the femora and tibiz clear brownish yellow with silken lustre ; 
from the ground colour the tarsi appear somewhat darker. Length 
of hind tibia 1:08 mm. The lengths of the hind tarsal joints are 
0°38, 0:06,0°06 mm. ‘The ratio of the hind tarsal joints is therefore 
as 64: 1:1. First hind tarsal joint with about 22 ctenidiobothria. 
Claws (fig. 78) with slender apex, a stout tooth before the apex ; 
empodial appendix setiform ; base broad. 
Membrane of fore wing hyaline, with faint brownish tinge. Ptero- 
stigma narrow (Fig. 86) ; m, discharges close before the apex. ‘The 
scaling is yellow-brown with silken lustre ; in the apical half four 
moderately sharp marginal spots occur at the anterior border, 
three at the posterior (the latter rather flat) of straw yellow colour 
with silken sheen. Marginal hair tolerably short, brown-yellow, 
at the clearer places straw yellow. Hind wing hyaline, veins pale 
brown ; marginal hair very long, pale brown, that of the apical 
half of the anterior border dark brown. Membrane intensely 
iridescent red to golden, at the base iridescent in all colours. 
Ground scales (fig. 87 gs) fusiform with apex slightly or not pro- 
nounced. Cover scales (ds) elongate fusiform, apex not set off. 
Length of fore wing 2:2 mm, wing expanse 5 mm. 
Brazil. Para, November 28, 1893. One specimen, in the collec- 
tion of the Stettin Museum. 
Nepticulomima Héisemanni, Enderl., 1903 (Figs. 18, 90, 91, 110). 
Perientomum Hésemanni, Enderlein. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. 
XXIX., 1903, p. 3, Taf. I., figs 1-9. ) 
Head brownish. Antennz brownish, with sparse and fairly long 
hair: more than 24 joints. Hyes large, black, pubescent. Suture of 
