Descriptions of Pterophoride and Orneodide. 493 
from middle, segments narrow, acute ; ochreous-whitish, somewhat 
sprinkled with light brown; some dark fuscous scales on base of 
cleft, continued as a dark fuscous line along basal fourth of lower 
margin of first segment ; a dark fuscous dot on lower margin of first 
segment at #, and less definite dots at extremities of veins 2-4: 
cilia whitish, on dorsum and towards base of cleft tinged with 
brownish, on posterior dot of first segment with a brownish bar. 
Hind-wings cleft firstly from 4, secondly from +, segments slender ; 
grey ; cilia pale grey. 
BraziIL, Sao Paulo; one specimen. Belongs to the 
microdactyla group, 
Marasmarcha invida, n. sp. 
dg ?. 12-13 mm. Head light brownish, between antennz white. 
Palpi moderately long, white. Antenne whitish, in ¢ rather shortly 
ciliated. Thorax ochreous-whitish, dorsally tinged with brownish. 
Abdomen whitish, with brown dorsal line. Legs whitish, anterior 
and middle femora and tibiz and basal joint of tarsi lined with dark 
fuscous, Fore-wings cleft from before 2, segments rather narrow, 
acute ; ochreous-whitish, somewhat sprinkled with brown ; a curved 
oblique dark brown mark crossing base of cleft ; a dark brown dash 
along costa a little beyond this; a dark brown dot on costa at 2 of 
first segment, and others on extremities of veins 2, 3, and 7: cilia 
whitish-ochreous, on costa whitish, beneath apex with a patch of 
brown suffusion. Hind-wings cleft firstly from }, secondly from 1, 
segments slender; grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 
BRAZIL, Sao Paulo; two specimens. The longer palpi 
and dark brown costal mark distinguish this species from 
the preceding. 
PTEROPHORUS, Geottr. 
Pterophorus pavidus, n. sp. 
?.18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown anteriorly suffused 
with whitish. Palpi long (24), white, terminal joint long, with 
whitish-ochreous median suffusion. Antenne whitish, above with a 
dark fuscous line, Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous, obscurely lined with dark fuscous. Legs whitish, anterior 
and middle femora and tibize lined with dark fuscous. Fore-wings 
cleft from before 3, segments moderate, acute-pointed, termen of 
