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NEPTICULIDAE. 

 Nepticula eurydesma, n, sp, 



c? ?. 3-4 mm. Head ferruginous-yellow, collar and eyecaps white. 

 Thorax dark purplish -fuscous. Abdomen bronzy-grey. Fore wings 

 short-lanceolate; dark purplish-fuscous; a broad ochreous-white 

 median transverse fascia, dilated on dorsum : cilia grey. Hindwings 

 rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Georgetown, in April (Parish) ; five 

 specimens. 



Nepticula epicosma, n. sp. 



cJ. 3-4 mm. Head ochreous or yellowish, eyecaps whitish. 

 Thorax coppery-bronze. Abdomen leaden-grey. Forewings rather 

 short-lanceolate; dark purplish -fuscous, basal third bronzy; a 

 rather oblique pale golden-metallic fascia beyond middle; a rather 

 narrower curved pale golden-metallic fascia round apex : cilia dark 

 grey, towards tips grey- whitish. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Peru, Lima, 500 feet, in August (Parish) ; three speci- 

 mens. 



Nepticula cuprata, n. sp. 



(J. 4 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Thorax and abdomen bronzy- 

 grey. Forewings lanceolate ; glossy bronzy-grey ; a moderate trans- 

 verse silvery-whitish fascia at f ; apical area beyond this coppery- 

 tinged : cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Peru, Matucana, 7780 feet, in July (Parish) ; two speci- 

 mens. 



Nepticula aerifica, n. sp. 



$. 5-6 mm. Head and eyecaps ochreous-grey-whitish. Thorax 

 greyish-bronze. Abdomen grey. Forewings lanceolate; rather 

 dark greyish-bronze, apical area darker and tinged with coppery- 

 purple; a rather obscurely defined brassy-silvery transverse fascia 

 at I : cilia pale bronzy-grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Peru, Oroya, 12,200 feet, in July (Parish) ; two speci- 

 mens. 



Nepticula andina, n. sp. 



cj $. 4-6 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, hairs of crown 

 sometimes pale yellow-ochreous. Eyecaps whitish. Abdomen pale 

 grey. Forewings lanceolate ; glossy whitish-ochreous, brassy-tinged, 

 in cj posteriorly with shining whitish reflections ; in 9 a dark purplish- 



