196 Mr. E. Meyrick on 
Acrolophus scopodes, n. sp. 
g. 24-25 mm., 9. 30 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish- 
ochreous or brown; palpi in ¢ extremely long, strongly recurved, 
reaching to extremity of thorax, strongly thickened with dense 
scales roughly expanded towards apex. Antennae in 4 flatly 
dentate. Abdomen fuscous, uncus curved, points appressed, claspers 
rather narrow, nearly uniform, apex rounded. Posterior tarsi in 3 
with dense roughly projecting scales above almost to apex. Fore- 
wings elongate, more so in 9, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 
gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 
all veins separate; brownish-ochreous or brown, more or less mixed 
with darker brown, and variably irrorated or strigulated with dark 
fuscous, sometimes partially suffused with dark brown or fuscous ; 
a suffused dark fuscous spot beneath middle of disc, and one in 
disc at 3: cilia brownish, sometimes obscurely barred with darker. 
Hindwings rather dark fuscous; cilia brownish, darker towards 
base. 
VENEZUELA, Ciudad Bolivar, from June to September ; 
thirteen specimens. 
Acrolophus perpetua, n. sp. 
g. 28-31 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-grey; palpi 
extremely long, more or less recurved, reaching nearly to extremity 
of thorax, thickened with dense tolerably appressed scales expanded 
at apex into a rough tuft. Antennae flatly dentate. Abdomen 
hairy, ochreous-greyish ; uncus moderate, curved, points appressed, 
claspers slender, slightly dilated towards tips, apex obliquely trun- 
cate, lower angle forming an acute spine. Posterior tarsi with rough 
projecting scales above almost to apex. Forewings rather elongate, 
posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, 
termen rounded, somewhat oblique; all veins separate; brownish- 
grey, indistinctly strigulated with dark fuscous; costa posteriorly 
more or less dotted with whitish-ochreous; a small subquadrate 
dark fuscous spot beneath middle of disc, preceded and followed 
by pale suffusion, and one in disc at %, followed by a small whitish- 
ochreous spot; sometimes a few whitish-ochreous specks towards 
termen: cilia brownish-grey, more or less barred with ochreous- 
whitish. Hindwings light fuscous or greyish-ochreous; cilia 
ochreous-grey, outer half grey-whitish. 
Paracuay, Sapucay, in November and December; two 
specimens. 
