ov4 Mr. A. G. BRHMr’s Descriptions of new 
towards the apex, and with purple costal margin ; pectus, 
as seen between the large coxe, brilliant opaline ; legs 
slightly opaline along the centre of the inferior mavr- 
gins; the long setose antenne, and the spines and 
bristles upon the le 78, black; expanse of wings, 8 lines. 
Tokei (Fenton). 
A very beautiful little species of this singular genus. 
PTEROPHORIDA. 
169. Aciptilus vilis, n. s. 
Size of A. xanthodactylus ; wings above whity brown, 
the lobes of primaries minutely irrorated with black ; 
the fringes spotted with white, inferior fringe of upper 
lobe almost wholly white; costal border snow-white ; 
two black-brown marginal spots beyond the middle of the 
costa; a >-shaped black marking with white outer 
border at the end of the cell; body snow-white; under 
surface pale shining whity brown ; fringes varied with 
white ; a white- edged brown >- shaped marking at the 
end of each discoidal cell; primaries with narrow white 
costal margin ; blackish spots as above; body white ; 
expanse of wings, 10 lines. 
Tokei (Fenton). 
A very distinct species of this somewhat unsatisfactory 
eroup of moths; the affinities of the Pterophoride seem 
to have been long a problem to Entomologists, their 
narrow bodies and long spiny legs being somewhat 
similar in general appearance to those of the Pyrales, 
whilst the palpi are, as a rule, extremely short; the 
larve are hairy, like those of tropical Zygenide, but the 
pupa is suspended without a cocoon. 
For any Lepidopterist, without evidence, to place the 
Pterophoride (not Alucitide, which, I believe, are not 
really allied to them) near the Zygenide would probably 
be regarded as almost criminal by Entomologists gene- 
rally; and, although the tropical American genera 
Horama and Mastigocera seem to exhibit some affinities 
to the Pterophoride, and the venation of the secondaries 
in males of Androcharta somewhat reminds one of them, 
I still feel that more positive evidence is necessary before 
locating them there myself; although, unless some 
happier suggestion can be made, I fear that this is where 
they will eventually have to settle down. The Alucitide 
seem to me more nearly allied to the Deltoids. 
